But disco balls themselves haven’t just stayed alive, they’ve seen a resurgence. In Louisville, Kentucky, which proudly calls itself the disco ball capital of the world, the city is using the ...

Stephens filed a patent for a so-called myriad reflector in 1916, the dawn of disco was still decades away. But their glittering mirror ball—destined for ballrooms, nightclubs, dance pavilions ...

Light bouncing off one disco ball looks cool...if you’re at a middle school dance. Light bouncing off 50 disco balls? That’s a work of art. Or at least it is when you use multiple projectors ...

A few months ago my roommate came home with a cantaloupe-size disco ball, placed it on a shelf near the window, and waited for the sun to shed flecks of confetti light around the living room.

Don't just reach for the solar glasses; a disco ball might be a fun and safe way to enhance the total solar eclipse experience April 8. Inspired by a research paper from European scientists ...

Disco may be dead, but in a lonely corner of a Kentucky mirror factory, the disco ball is stayin' alive. Omega National Products is the last American manufacturer of the reflective orbs that hung ...

While disco balls in space have been a thing for decades, some astronomers are arguing in a new paper that the mirrored delights should also be placed in universities and scientific facilities as ...

The mystery began late Tuesday night when Perry tweeted, “Why are we all so chained” alongside a short video of her foot chained to a disco ball accompanied by a dance beat. She then revealed ...

You can't stare at the sun, so how do you watch an eclipse? By reflecting it off of a disco ball, a team of astronomers suggests. On Oct. 14, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse will be visible ...

Maybe you've danced under a disco ball, or have spotted one in a ballroom, a nightclub, or even a gas station bathroom. The ball's array of tiny mirrors casts light all across the floor — an ...