Sunlight looks smooth and white to the naked eye, but when I break it apart with a prism or a spectrograph, it turns out to ...

One of the best visualizations ever produced of the spectrum of light from our glorious Sun reveals some mysterious holes in ...

Twitter users have taken to the platform recently to debate what color the sun actually is. Though most people have claimed that it is either white or yellow, NASA says it is actually a blue-green ...

On Earth, the Sun often appears yellow or even orange and red, particularly at sunrise and sunset. This visual shift occurs ...

If you want to have some fun, fire up Twitter and search “what color is the sun.” Because, yes, that is a thing on Elon Musk’s social media platform, and, turns out, most of us probably don’t know the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - If you asked someone to color a picture of the Sun, most people would likely choose the yellow crayon. Depending on the time of day, because we observe the Sun through our ...

When describing the color of the Sun, it’s understandable to take a page from Coldplay’s handbook and say it’s all yellow. But, as it turns out, the Sun is not all yellow, but rather entirely white.

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

It is due to the affects of the atmosphere. Pure sunlight is white. If viewed from a vantage point above the Earth’s atmosphere, the sun would always appear white. Every color of light has its own ...