The ball just kind of hangs out in mid air as ... and even if you’re setting the fancy floating orb to mimic the changing seasons or the days until football season starts again, you can still ...

Now, a scientist thinks she's finally worked out what the floating orbs are: Turns out, they could be linked to tiny earthquakes. Local legends suggest the mysterious balls of light, which are ...

The part that has everyone so excited is a levitating orb that makes a circuit around the face of the clock. It would be easy to guess how it works if this was simply sitting flat on a table ...