The Europa Clipper headed for the Jovian system performed a rare observation in the ultraviolet spectrum of the interstellar ...

I was reading a children's book about insects to my daughter, and it said that bees see colors differently than humans do. My daughter immediately asked, in short succession: "What colors do they see?

Scientists think that their special eyes have evolved for foraging in the snow. By Laura Baisas Published Dec 15, 2023 1:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

Indoor life is comfortable for pet birds, but it comes with one big downside: most homes don’t provide the kind of light ...

Mars looks a whole lot different and downright beautiful in new ultraviolet images shared by NASA. Instead of Mars’ dusty red color we are all familiar with, these two UV images originally taken by ...

Ultraviolet has very short and energetic wavelengths that are shorter than violet on the visible spectrum. But can people see UV? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

As Christmas nears, so too do fun memes with purported wintery arctic facts. One popular addition to this genre is the claim that reindeer are the only mammals capable of seeing ultraviolet (UV) light ...

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