Mr. Lyman, an associate editor at the Spectator, is a former Joseph A. Rago Fellow at the Journal.

Crystal clouds on a distant world may shimmer like sun dogs, hinting at exotic optics shaped by heat, wind, and starlight.

A mysterious purple cloud descended over a Chilean town Sunday. Twitter/ @JeannetteQuim Residents of Pozo Almonte, Chile, awoke to an ominous purple cloud hanging low over their city Sunday morning.

Physics Cloud-inspired material can bend light around corners Light can be directed and steered around bends using a method similar to the way clouds scatter photons, which could lead to advances ...

A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10. 6/10: Not nearly as nice as Saturday with plenty of clouds and some showers possible, although they should be light and ...

The space cannon, as the Kings call it, is the team's new victory beam that sends a massive purple LED light into the sky following every Kings win. The beam is blasted from above the Golden 1 Center.