The two innermost planets, Venus and Mercury, will shine together low in the western sky at sunset on March 10. Here's how to get the best view before they disappear.
When sunlight travels through the atmosphere ... also explains why the sky tends to be reddish when the Sun is close to the horizon – at sunrise and sunset.When the Sun is near the horizon ...
The colours of sunrise and sunset result from a phenomenon known as scattering: molecules and small particles in the atmosphere change the direction of light rays, causing them to scatter, which ...