Episode Details

Have you ever looked up on a clear, sunny day and wondered where all that brilliant color comes from? The air right in front of your face is completely invisible, so why is the sky so wonderfully blue? Get ready to blast off on a mind-blowing scientific adventure! We are traveling 93 million miles to the Sun to uncover the secret hidden inside white sunlight. It turns out, sunlight is actually a sneaky mixture of every single color in the rainbow! When that light hits Earth’s atmosphere, it crashes right into 25 sextillion tiny, invisible air molecules. Discover how the short, energetic blue light waves bounce around like crazy pinballs to paint the sky high above our heads! You will also learn about Isaac Newton’s famous prism experiment, why our eyeballs actually stop us from seeing a purple sky, and how Lord Rayleigh solved this massive mystery. Plus, we will travel all the way to Mars to find out why Martian sunsets glow a magnificent icy blue! Grab your space suit and join Finn and Mira to uncover one of the greatest magical science secrets hiding right in plain sight!