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Astronauts on the Moon, with no atmosphere above them, looked up and saw a white sun — the yellow colour we see from Earth is not the sun's real colour but an artefact our own atmosphere paints onto it by scattering blue wavelengths sideways into the sky

The yellow Sun of ordinary Earth life is partly an atmospheric effect: Rayleigh scattering sends blu...

SCIENCE June 25, 2026

Astronauts on the Moon, with no atmosphere above them, looked up and saw a white sun — the yellow colour we see from Earth is not the sun's real colour but an artefact our own atmosphere paints onto it by scattering blue wavelengths sideways into the sky

The yellow Sun of ordinary Earth life is partly an atmospheric effect: Rayleigh scattering sends blue light into the sky and leaves the direct solar beam...

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The yellow Sun of ordinary Earth life is partly an atmospheric effect: Rayleigh scattering sends blue light into the sky and leaves the direct solar beam...

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