“The artistic representation of raindrop as presented by popular culture is that of a teardrop. Actually, real raindrops bear ...

Wrong! Let's discover rain's true shape. What do raindrops look like? Exactly how we drew them as kids, right? Wrong! Teardrop-shaped rain is physically impossible. This week I went inside a ...

MISSOULA. Mont. — When we think of raindrops, the classic image of a teardrop may come to mind. Is this truth or a weather myth? Meteorologist Mitchel Coombs explains as he dives into the ...

The basic physics of a rainbow is pretty simple, really. Sunlight enters the front of a raindrop. It hits the back side of the drop, reflects, and then heads back out the front side again.

Earth's surface blocks the rest of the light — and, therefore, the rest of the halo — which is why it appears as a rainbow. You may like Space photo of the week: Pink 'raindrops' on the sun ...

Close your eyes and think about the shape of a raindrop. You probably think of the teardrop shape don't you? Well sadly, everything we learned growing up about the shape of a raindrop is false.

Some of the light is reflected back off the inner surface of the raindrop. So when the sun is behind you and the rain in front of you, you see a rainbow of colours reflected back from inside the ...