“Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” is real science. Here’s how dust, atmospheric pressure and light scattering can help you predict the weather.

Semantics aside, the Moon will receive red light at night on May 26. So why will the Moon turn red? The incredible answer involves Earth’s atmosphere, sunsets, and our blue daytime sky.

It also corresponds with a slight red hue that results when the full moon is low in the sky. This year’s strawberry moon may appear more berry-like with a hint of red and orange because of two ...

Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.” So it was with a smile I saw the same adage quoted in the article about Thursday’s sunset in the Statesman Journal on Jan. 4.

A river of hazy red light stretched across the night sky over Denmark after the most powerful solar storm to hit Earth for six years slammed into our planet. The rare phenomenon is not an aurora.

A rare type of lightning known as “red sprites” was seen in the sky over the Atlantic Ocean near South Jersey earlier this month, according to an astronomy expert from the area.