The

sky The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

is the area above the Earth as seen from the ground. Sky or SKY may also refer to: * The atmosphere, gases surrounding a planet or other material body * The heavens, religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place *

Outer space Outer space, commonly shortened to space, is the expanse that exists beyond Earth and its atmosphere and between celestial bodies. Outer space is not completely empty—it is a near-perfect vacuum containing a low density of particles, pred ...

, the expanse that exists beyond Earth and between celestial bodies

People

Persons

Amy Sky Amy Sky (born 24 September 1960) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host. Sky started classical music lessons at the age of five, and plays piano, guitar, cello and recorder. She has a degree from t ...

(born 1960), Canadian musician, actress, and TV host * Big Sky, later stage name for Canadian professional wrestler and actor

Tyler Mane Daryl Karolat (born December 8, 1966) is a Canadian character actor and retired professional wrestler, better known by the name Tyler Mane. He is known for playing Sabretooth in ''X-Men'', Ajax in ''Troy'', and Michael Myers in the remake of '' ...

Captain Sky Daryl L. Cameron (born July 10, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois), better known as Captain Sky, is an American musician and singer. Captain Sky’s funk-based musical style, futuristic costumes, and psychedelic imagery are similar to those of Geor ...

(born 1957), American musician and singer *

Reby Sky Rebecca Victoria Hardy (née; Reyes; ; born August 6, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and model. She is best known for her recurring appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2014 to 2017. Early life Hardy was born in Flu ...

(born 1986), character in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling *

Velvet Sky Jamie Lynn Szantyr (born June 2, 1981) is an American color commentator and retired professional wrestler, currently signed to NWA. She is best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Velvet Sky. She is a ...

(born 1981), character in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling *

Li Xiaofeng Li Xiaofeng (), who also goes by the pseudonym "Sky" or "WE.Sky", is a Chinese former professional gamer of the popular Blizzard Entertainment real-time strategy game '' Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne''. He played for the China-based World Elit ...

(born 1985), nicknamed Sky, Chinese professional gamer * Ron Nesher (aka Sky, Sky Da Mac or Ron Sky Nesher, an Israeli rapper, born 1983) * Sky Andrew (born 1962), English Olympia and sports agent *

Sky Ferreira Sky Tonia Ferreira (born July 8, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, model, and actress. As a teenager, Ferreira began uploading videos on Myspace of herself singing songs she had written, which led to her discovery by producers Bloods ...

(born 1992), American singer-songwriter, model, and actress *

Sky Low Low Marcel Gauthier (July 21, 1928 to November 6, 1998) was a Canadian professional midget wrestler who wrestler under the ring name Sky Low Low (a reference to Sky Hi Lee). Professional wrestling career Known by his midget wrestler persona "Sky Lo ...

(1928–1998), Canadian professional midget wrestler * Sky Metalwala, a boy from Redmond, Washington who disappeared in 2009 *

Sky Rompiendo Alejandro Ramírez Suárez (born May 23, 1992), better known as Sky Rompiendo, Sky Rompiendo el Bajo or just Sky is a Colombian producer, songwriter and DJ. He gained recognition working with reggaeton artists like Anitta, J Balvin, Ozuna, Maluma ...

, Colombian producer, songwriter and DJ *

Sky Saxon The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy ...

(1937–2009), American musician * Suryakumar Yadav (born 1990), Indian cricketer known by his initials SKY.

Religion and mythology

Sky deity The sky often has important religious significance. Many religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, have deities associated with the sky. The daytime sky deities are typically distinct from the nighttime ones. Stith Thompson's ''Motif ...

, a deity associated with the sky

Fictional characters

Sky Mangel Sky Mangel (also Bishop) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 1 February 1989. The character was originally played by Miranda Fryer until 1991 ...

, a character from the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'' *

Sky Smith Sky Smith is a fictional character in the British children's science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', a spin-off of the long-running series '' Doctor Who'', played by Sinead Michael. She appears as a regular in the show' ...

, a character from the British science fiction television series ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' * Sky Tate, a character from the ''Power Rangers'' television series universe * Sky (''Winx Club''), a character in ''Winx Club'' * Sky, a character in the ''

Shantae ''Shantae'' is a series of platform games developed by WayForward. The eponymous heroine of the series, a half-genie, was created by Erin Bozon, while the games were created from this character by her husband Matt Bozon. The series consists of ...

'' franchise * Sky, a character from '' Total Drama: Pahkitew Island''

Places

* Griffing Sandusky Airport (IATA airport code SKY), Ohio, USA * Sky (skyscraper), New York, USA * Sky Crater, Thule,

486958 Arrokoth Arrokoth (minor-planet designation 486958 Arrokoth; provisional designation ), formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule, is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System ...

(Ultima Thule), Kuiper Belt, Solar System

Business

Airlines

Sky Airline Sky Airline, styled as SꓘY, is an airline based at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile. It is the second largest airline in the country behind flag-carrier LATAM Airlines and the first airline to operate u ...

, in Chile *

Skymark Airlines () is a Japanese low-cost airline headquartered at Haneda Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan. It operates scheduled services with a main base at Haneda Airport, but is also the dominant carrier at Kobe Airport, and the only Japanese airline offerin ...

, in Japan by ICAO code * Sky Paragliders, a Czech aircraft manufacturer * Sky Airlines, Antalya, Turkey * Sky Aviation (Indonesia) * Sky Aviation (Sierra Leone) * Sky Aviation Leasing International, acquired by Goshawk Aviation *

Blue Sky Airlines Blue Sky was the flag carrier of Armenia and a charter airline based in Yerevan. The airline was operating for Mahan Air. Fleet *3 Boeing 747-400 (operated for Mahan Air, all stored at Tehran) *1 Airbus A310-300 References External links

, Armenia

Broadcasting

Sky Group Sky Group Limited is a British media and telecommunications conglomerate, which is a division of Comcast, and headquartered in London. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Sky is Europe's ...

, a pan-European satellite broadcasting company **

Sky Deutschland Sky Deutschland GmbH, branded as Sky, is a German media company that operates a direct broadcast satellite Pay TV platform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (through Sky Switzerland). It provides a collection of basic and premium digital sub ...

, its German and Austrian subsidiary ***

Sky Cinema (Germany) Sky Cinema is a German set of movie channels owned by Sky Deutschland. The Sky Cinema package includes eleven Sky-branded channels: *Sky Cinema Premieren, the premium channel with 20 television premieres per month. *Sky Cinema Premieren +24, S ...

, a channel of Sky Deutschland ***

Sky Sport (Germany) Sky Sport is a group of sports satellite TV channels in the German language produced and broadcast by Sky Deutschland. History Digitales Sport Fernsehen (Digital Sport Television) Sky Sport can trace its roots back to the sports channels on the ...

, a channel of Sky Deutschland *** Sky Atlantic (German TV channel), a channel of Sky Deutschland *** Sky Switzerland, its Swiss subsidiary ** Sky España, its Spanish division **

Sky Ireland Sky Ireland Limited is a subsidiary of Comcast-owned Sky and supplies television, internet and telephony services in Ireland. Its corporate headquarters are in Dublin which were opened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny on 18 January 2013. Sky Ireland ...

, its Irish subsidiary **

Sky Italia Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo and Sky TG24. As of 2018, following an ag ...

, its Italian subsidiary ***

Sky HD (Italy) Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo and Sky TG24. As of 2018, following an agr ...

, a channel of Sky Italia *** Sky Sport (Italian TV channel), a channel of Sky Italia ***

Sky TG24 Sky TG24 is Italy's second all-news channel, owned by Sky Italia. Launched on 31 July 2003, it provides non-stop rolling news, weather forecasts and sports stories with half-hourly updates. Overview Part of Sky TG24's programming is available o ...

, a channel of Sky Italia ***

Sky Uno Sky Uno ( en, Sky One) is an Italian entertainment television channel, based on the defunct reality television channel '' SKY Vivo'', both owned and broadcast by Sky Italia. It broadcasts the Italian version of the shows ''The X Factor'', ''Got ...

, a channel of Sky Italia ***

Sky Atlantic (Italian TV channel) Sky Atlantic is an Italian-language pay-TV station owned by Sky Italia. It started broadcasting on 9 April 2014. Programming The channel relies heavily on screenings of US television programmes from HBO and Showtime. Original programming Current ...

, a channel of Sky Italia ** Sky UK, its UK subsidiary *** Sky One, a channel of Sky UK ***

Sky Two Sky Replay is a British pay television channel operated by Sky as a sister channel to Sky Max and Sky Witness. The current channel began broadcasting (as Sky One Mix) in December 2002. The 'Sky 2' name and format had earlier been used for a si ...

, a channel of Sky UK ***

Sky+ The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

, a product of Sky UK ***

Sky+ HD Sky+ HD was the brand name of the HDTV service launched by Sky plc on 22 May 2006 in the United Kingdom and Ireland to enable high definition channels on Sky to be viewed. For the first two years after launch, the service was branded Sky H ...

, a product of Sky UK ***

Sky Go Sky Go is a streaming television service from Sky Group provided free for Sky TV subscribers in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, it complements Sky TV by allowing subscribers to watch live and on demand Sky TV via an internet connec ...

, a service of Sky UK ***

Sky Broadband Sky Broadband is a broadband service offered by Sky UK in the United Kingdom. With the introduction of Sky Fibre, Sky Broadband now refers to ADSL broadband products. History In October 2005, Sky UK agreed to purchase the ISP EasyNet for � ...

, a service of Sky UK ***

Sky Cinema Sky Cinema is a British subscription film service owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). In the United Kingdom, Sky Cinema channels currently broadcast on the Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable platforms, and in addition Sky Cinema o ...

, a channel of Sky UK *** Sky News, a channel of Sky UK ***

Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...

, a channel of Sky UK ***

Sky Atlantic Sky Atlantic is a British pay television channel owned by Sky Group Limited broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is primarily dedicated to imported programmes from the United States, and holds the domestic rights to HB ...

, a channel of Sky UK *

SKY Brasil SKY Brasil is a company, owned by Vrio, which operates a subscription television service in Brazil. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. History SKY Mexico was founded on 25 July 1996, a joint venture between British Sky Broa ...

, a subscription television service in Brazil *

Sky México The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy ...

, a subscription television service in Mexico, Central America and Dominican Republic *

Sky News Australia Sky News Australia is an Australian news channel owned by News Corp Australia. Originally launched on 19 February 1996, it broadcasts rolling news coverage throughout the day, while its prime time lineup is dedicated to opinion-based programs f ...

, a TV channel *

Sky Angel Sky Angel was a U.S. operator of Christian television networks; it operated three channels, Angel One, Angel Two, and KTV, all of which were exclusive to Dish Network. The company's corporate headquarters were located in Naples, Florida. The co ...

, a Christian TV and radio service *

Sky Racing Sky Racing (previously Sky Channel) is an Australian broadcaster primarily telecasting live thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing. It is owned by Tabcorp and operates a number of television channels and a radio service. The broadcaster ...

, an Australian racing broadcaster **

Sky Sports Radio Sky Sports Radio (formerly 2KY) is a commercial radio station based in Sydney, broadcasting throughout New South Wales and Canberra on a network of over 140 narrowcast transmitters as well as the main 1017 AM frequency in Sydney. It broadcasts ...

, Australia * Sky HD (South Korea) **

Sky Living Sky Living was a British pay television channel owned and operated by Sky. The channel's programming was aimed mainly at women and young adults. It originally launched as UK Living in 1993 and closed 25 years later, being replaced by Sky Witnes ...

* Sky Media Group, an Estonian media company ** Sky Plus, an Estonian radio station **

SKY Radio Sky Radio is a Dutch commercial radio station playing non-stop Adult Contemporary pop music, owned by Talpa Holding. The target audience is men and women between 25 and 54 years of age. It is programmed according to the AC format (any popular so ...

, a Russian language radio station in Estonia *

Sky Network Television Sky Network Television Limited, more commonly known as Sky, is a New Zealand broadcasting company that provides pay television services via satellite, media streaming services and broadband internet services. It is also a wholesale channel prov ...

, a subscription television service in New Zealand ** Sky News New Zealand **

Sky Sport (New Zealand) Sky Sport is a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by New Zealand's satellite pay-TV company, Sky. History Sky Sport 1 is the original Sky Television sport channel in New Zealand. It was first introduced in 1990 as Sky Spo ...

, sports-oriented television channels **

Sky 5 Sky 5 is a television channel in New Zealand available on Sky. The channel's shows are a variety of international shows, for example ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''The Simpsons'', WWE, ''The Flash'', ''Supergirl'', ''Arrow'', ''Tour ...

, formerly "SKY 1" and "the BOX" ** Sky Movies (New Zealand), subscription television movie channels **

Sky Box Office (New Zealand) Sky Box Office is a group of four movie pay-per-view channels operated in New Zealand by Sky. Films currently premiere on Sky Box Office a few months after their release. The channel previously broadcast PPV sporting events, before Sky Arena ...

, a group of movie pay-per-view channels *

SKY PerfecTV! is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television, audio programming and interactive television services to households in Japan, owned by parent company SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. SKY PerfecTV! is also a direct ...

, a Japanese satellite broadcasting company * Sky Turk, a Turkish national news channel *

Sky Cable Corporation Sky Cable Corporation, doing business as Sky, is a Filipino telecommunications company based in Diliman, Quezon City. A subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN, the company offers broadband, cable and satellite television services under ...

, a Filipino telecommunications company involved primarily in pay television **

Sky Cable Sky Cable (stylized as SKYcable) is a cable television service of Sky Cable Corporation in the Philippines. It covers areas across the country with both digital and analog cable services, and it has 700,000 subscribers, controlling 45% of ...

, a Philippine cable television provider *

Tata Play Tata Play (stylised as TΛTΛ PLΛY, formerly TΛTΛ , sky) is an Indian direct broadcast satellite (DTH) service provider using MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT-4A and GSAT-10 satellite. Incorporated in 2005; i ...

, an Indian satellite broadcasting company formerly known as Tata Sky * WSKY-FM, an FM radio station in Florida * WSKY-TV, SKY 4 TV, a North Carolina television station *

Sky Radio Group Sky Radio Group is a chain of radio stations in Netherlands. The radio group is 90% held by Telegraaf Media Groep NV and 10% of Vereniging Veronica. In the Netherlands, the Sky Radio Group is next to the main station Sky Radio also owner of Rad ...

, a chain of Dutch radio stations **

Sky Radio Sky Radio is a Dutch commercial radio station playing non-stop Adult Contemporary pop music, owned by Talpa Holding. The target audience is men and women between 25 and 54 years of age. It is programmed according to the AC format (any popular so ...

, a Dutch radio station, part of Sky Radio Group

Other

* Sky Financial Group or Sky Bank, former American financial services holding company *

Sky Global Sky Global was a communications network and service provider founded in 2008 in Vancouver, Canada. A significant share of users of its systems were international crime organizations involved in drug trafficking, and the company management was su ...

, Canadian communication network and secure-messaging provider

Books and Periodicals

* ''

Sky Magazine Sky Magazine (or 'Sky Mag') was a magazine distributed to subscribers of the BSkyB satellite service Sky Digital. Availability The magazine was available to subscribers of the Variety Pack or all packs of entertainment. Content The magazines ...

'', a publication of BSkyB ** '' Sky Kids magazine'', included with ''Sky Magazine'' from 2004 to 2009 * ''

SKY Magazine Sky Magazine (or 'Sky Mag') was a magazine distributed to subscribers of the BSkyB satellite service Sky Digital. Availability The magazine was available to subscribers of the Variety Pack or all packs of entertainment. Content The magazines ...

'', a UK entertainment magazine published between the late 1980s and June 2001 * ''The Sky'' (magazine), an amateur astronomy magazine published between 1935 and 1941 * Delta Sky Magazine (aka "Sky"), magazine of Delta Air Lines

Film and TV

Film

* ''Sky'' (2015 film), a French-German film * ''Sky'' (2021 film), a Russian film

Television series

* ''Sky'' (TV serial), a 1975 British children's fantasy series * ''Sky'' (Malaysian TV series), a 2007 Malaysian Chinese idol drama * ''Sky'' (Israeli TV Series), a 2021 Israeli teen sci-fi drama series * "''Sky''" (''The Sarah Jane Adventures''), a television episode * ''The Sky'' (Canadian TV series)

Music

Groups

* Sky (American band), 1970s * Sky (Canadian band), 1997–2005 *

Sky (English/Australian band) Sky were an English/Australian instrumental rock group that specialised in combining a variety of musical styles, most prominently rock, classical and jazz. The group's original and best-known line-up featured classical guitarist John Williams ( ...

Nina Sky Nina Sky is an American musical duo consisting of identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino. Their debut single "Move Ya Body", released from their self-titled debut album in 2004, was a success, reaching number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 10 ...

, US musical twins

Albums

* ''Sky'' (Faye Wong album), 1994 * ''Sky'' (Sky album), 1979 * ''Sky 2'' (album), 1980, released as ''Sky'' in North American markets * ''Sky'' (Yui Horie album), 2003 * ''The Sky'' (album), by Anita Kerr and Rod McKuen

Songs

* "Sky" (Playboi Carti song), 2020 * "Sky" (Sonique song), 2000 * "Sky" (Titanium song), 2012 * "Sky", by Alan Walker and Alex Skrindo, 2017 * "Sky", by Crash Vegas from '' Red Earth'', 1989 * "Sky", by Damien Leith from '' The Winner's Journey'', 2006 * "Sky", by the Human League from ''

Credo In Christian liturgy, the credo (; Latin for "I believe") is the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed – or its shorter version, the Apostles' Creed – in the Mass, either as a prayer, a spoken text, or sung as Gregorian chant or other musical sett ...

'', 2011 * "Sky", by Jolin Tsai from ''

J-Game ''J-Game'' is the seventh studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on April 25, 2005, by Sony BMG. Produced by Jamie Hsueh, Jack Chou, Bing Wang, and Adia, it incorporated genres of pop, hip-hop, electronic, old school, d ...

'', 2005

Sports

Chicago Sky The Chicago Sky are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Sky compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The franchise was founded prior to the 2 ...

, a women's basketball team *

Team Sky Ineos Grenadiers () (stylised as INEOS Grenadiers) (formerly Team Sky from 2010 to 2019, and Team Ineos from 2019 to 2020) is a British professional cycling team that competes at the UCI WorldTeam level. The team is based at the National Cycl ...

, a British cycling team *

SkyRace Skyrunning is a sport of mountain running up to or exceeding where the minimum average incline is 6% over the total distance and at least 5% has an incline of 30% or more. The climbing difficulty does not exceed II grade UIAA. Poles, crampons and ...

or Sky, a skyrunning discipline *

SKY Racing Team VR46 The VR46 Racing Team is a motorcycle racing team owned by Valentino Rossi and based in Tavullia (Marche, Italy). The team enters Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the MotoGP category with Ducati motorcycles and in the Moto2 category with Kalex ch ...

, an Italian motorcycle team

Other uses

* SKY technique, or spectral karyotype, in cytogenetics *

Saturn Sky The Saturn Sky is a roadster that was produced by Saturn, and was initially released in the first quarter of 2006 as a 2007 model. It uses the ''Kappa'' automobile platform shared with the Pontiac Solstice. The Sky concept was shown at the 2005 ...

, an automobile *

Sky (hieroglyph) The ancient Egyptian Sky hieroglyph, (also translated as ''heaven'' in some texts, or iconography), is Gardiner sign listed no. N1, within the Gardiner signs for ''sky, earth, and water.'' The ''Sky'' hieroglyph is used like an Egyptian langu ...

, ancient Egyptian *

SKY (universities) SKY is an acronym used to refer to the three most prestigious universities in South Korea: Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University. The term is widely used in South Korea, both in media and by the universities them ...

, 3 universities in South Korea *

Sky blue Sky blue is a shade of light blue comparable to that of a clear daytime sky. The term (as "sky blew") is attested from 1681. A 1585 translation of Nicolas de Nicolay's 1576 ''Les navigations, peregrinations et voyages faicts en la Turquie'' i ...

* Sky Bar, candy * SKY (keyboard layout), for Japanese with Latin alphabet * ''Sky'' (video game), 2019