A double rainbow is an interesting natural phenomenon because it demonstrates how sunlight interacts with water droplets to create two colorful arcs in the sky. Although rainbows are familiar sights, ...

For the first time, scientists have achieved strong coupling between light and long-lived acoustic vibrations in an optical fiber. Optical fibers are used in both classical telecommunications and ...

A double rainbow can appear as soon as sunlight shines through suitable water droplets in the atmosphere. These droplets may remain suspended after a rain shower or continue falling while the Sun ...

The discovery of 70 new gravitational lenses could help researchers investigate dark matter and the evolution of galaxies.

Researchers have demonstrated a chip-scale Brillouin laser ring gyroscope that detects rotation as slow as 37 degrees per ...

At about 14,000 feet in Ladakh, Magnetic Hill offers a puzzling visual effect: vehicles seem to move uphill in neutral. Know ...

SpaceX’s CRS-35 launch created a glowing space jellyfish across the US East Coast. Discover why the Falcon 9 rocket produced ...

A five-year, $19.2 million U.S. Army Research Office award will fund a UCF-led collaboration to understand and control light ...

A painting at Mysuru Palace has caught attention for an optical illusion in which the figure’s feet appear to follow viewers.

Many people explain the migration of population from regional areas to the Tokyo metropolitan area through 'economic ...

This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say ...

Ever since I was a child, I have loved optical illusions and Rube Goldberg machines. If asked why, back then I could only ...