Image source: questions-1001.blogspot.com The question: Why is the sky blue? Why does it turn red at sunset? Curious mind wants to know. The answer: If you have very little knowledge of science, you have to understand some easy facts first. The facts: 1. Sunlight is a composite ray. This is why we see a rainbow. The white ray of the sun is composed of 7 visible colors (violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red) along with other rays (x-ray, infrared ray, etc.). You can test it yourself with a prism. Image source: youtube.com Image source: rookieparenting.com 2. Light spreads like a wave. So, sunlight is a wave that is composed of different waves or rays. Different waves are of different wavelengths. The shorter the wavelength of a wave is, the more it is scattered by particles (gas, dust, etc.). And the longer the wavelength of a wave is, the less it is scattered by particles. Thus, a wave with a shorter wavelength can pass a longer distance. 3. Blue light waves are shorter