And with more of the longer wavelengths scattered at sunset, the sky looks more orange, too. Kenneth Chang has been at The Times since 2000, writing about physics, geology, chemistry, and the planets.

The sky gets its color from the type and amount of tiny particles in the air, ... is responsible for the orange sky, according to climate scientist Peter Kalmus. Advertisement.

ST. LOUIS – The sky is always changing colors—from a bright blue on a clear day, to red and orange sunrises or sunsets, or multiple colors of a rainbow—there’s a lot going on that we don ...

September's harvest moon will appear a deep orange color as it ascends into the sky. Gary Hershorn/Corbis News/Getty Images Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

There is nothing in Earth's atmosphere that can produce the vibrant orange color of the auroras in this photo, which was taken Oct. 19 above a large pond in Alberta, Canada.

(WLUK) -- If you noticed hazy, yellow-orange skies Saturday morning, you weren't alone. This was caused by a powerful low-pressure system that tracked across the Midwest Friday, which carried dust ...

The blue and green light is scattered so well that you can hardly see it. The sky is colored, instead, with red and orange light. Colors mean a lot to us in so many different ways.

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it ...

ST. LOUIS – The sky is always changing colors—from a bright blue on a clear day, to red and orange sunrises or sunsets, or multiple colors of a rainbow—there’s a lot going on that we don ...

Scientists mix sky's splendid hues to reset circadian clocks In a small study, a novel LED device with alternating orange and blue wavelengths outpaced two other lights in advancing participants ...