Recent scientific reporting confirms a surprising phenomenon: it actually rains on the Sun. This revelation, detailed in a ...

Any reference will tell you the Novaya Zemlya effect is a polar mirage — and it is. But Novaya Zemlya-like effects are not limited to the Arctic. The Novaya Zemlya effect is an atmospheric refraction ...

But in reality, atmospheric refraction raises the sun's disk by more than its own apparent diameter while it is rising or setting. Thus, when we see the sun as a reddish-orange ball just sitting on ...

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Milwaukee has equal lengths of daylight and nightlight on Thursday, called equilux. Equilux occurs two to three days after the equinox. Equilux is after the equinox due to refraction and the size of ...