An optical phenomenon known as a sun dog was spotted in the sky over several Connecticut towns on Tuesday afternoon. These colorful spots of light were visible in towns like Trumbull, Rocky Hill, ...

It’s a colorful sight in the sky that may seem both fleeting and incomplete. Chances are you’ve seen what appears to be a sliver of bright color up there near sunrise or sunset. That’s called a sun ...

It's not a dog that loves sunshine; such a dog would be in trouble around here. Rather the term describes two mock suns or bright spots, each located on either side of the sun. They form when high ...

There's a rough rule of thumb that any time the sun is doing some sort of light trick -- be it a rainbow halo, or Parhelic Circles or simple sun dogs-- that rain is 24 hours or less away. And sure ...

Sun dogs, with a scientific name of perhelion, are either of two colored luminous spots that appear at roughly 22 degrees on both sides of the sun at the same elevation, according to the National ...