Depending on its position, the Sun passes its light through combinations of these materials to cast glowing patterns of colors, often serving them as optical treats for earthlings and passengers in ...

An ISS astronaut captured a rare lunar halo above the Indian Ocean, showing a thin glowing arc above Earth's blue edge.

If you've ever looked up at the full moon in the night sky, you may have noticed a large halo of light around it. But why does this lustrous ring sometimes encircle our natural satellite? While it ...

In 2024, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, orbiting over the Indian Ocean, captured the moon in its wax ...

An astronaut on the ISS photographed a "lunar halo" over the Indian Ocean, revealing ice and rare optical phenomena from ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Have you ever seen a halo-effect or ring around the moon? Known as a moon ring, a winter halo, or a 22-degree halo, it's when "ice crystals suspended high above in thin wispy ...

Many people Thursday night and Friday morning may have looked up to see a massive halo surrounding the moon on Thursday night and Friday morning. It turns out, there's an interesting scientific reason ...

Referred to as a "moon halo," "moon ring" or "22° halo," the glowing ring around the moon is actually an optical phenomena. According to space.com, "the moon's halo or lunar halo is an optical ...

A photo of a halo moon over North Carolina was posted on social media this week, and some were quick to ask if this means snow is coming soon. Does it? We asked the experts, and here’s what they said.

Halos are light rings around the sun or moon, created by the refraction of light “off ice crystals present in a thin veil of cirrus clouds,” according to the National Weather Service. Chloe Brady, ...