HALO, halo, halos or haloes may refer to:

Most common meanings

Halo (optical phenomenon) A halo () is an optical phenomenon produced by light (typically from the Sun or Moon) interacting with ice crystals suspended in Earth's atmosphere, the atmosphere. Halos can have many forms, ranging from colored or white rings to arcs and spo ...

Halo (religious iconography) A halo (), also called a nimbus, aureola, aureole, glory or gloriole (), is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light that surrounds a person in works of art. The halo occurs in the iconography of many religions to indicate holy or sacred ...

, a ring of light around the image of a head * ''Halo'' (franchise), a sci-fi video game series (2001–2021)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters and worlds

Halo (DC Comics) Halo (Gabrielle Doe) is a superheroine appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in a special insert in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #200 (July 1983) and was created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo. The character's origi ...

, a 1983 superheroine *

Halo Array ''Halo'' is a military science fiction video game series and media franchise, originally developed by Bungie and currently managed and developed by Halo Studios (previously 343 Industries), part of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios. The series laun ...

or halos, fictional megastructures in the video game * The titular character of ''

The Ballad of Halo Jones ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'' is a science fiction comic strip written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson (artist), Ian Gibson, with lettering by Steve Potter (Books 1 and 2) and Richard Starkings (Book 3). ''Halo Jones'' first appeared Jul ...

'', a sci-fi comic strip

Film and television

* ''Halo'' (1996 film), an Indian drama film * ''Halo'' (2007 cancelled film), a project directed by Niell Blomkamp * ''Halo'' (TV series), a 2022 adaptation of the game * Nickelodeon HALO Awards, an American television special (2008–2018)

Music

* Halo Records, a British record label (formed 2000)

Bands

Halo (Christian rock band) Halo was a Christian rock band formed in Alabama in 1980. Touring in the South for almost a decade before a chance meeting with an encouraging Bob Hartman of Petra fame, Halo was signed by Pakaderm Records and recorded their first album in 1989 ...

, an American band *

Halo (metal band) Halo is a drone/sludge metal band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1994, which is now based in London, England. It is currently signed to Relapse Records. Discography * Halo (aka Subliminal Transmissions) (1998) (CDr, Album) Embryo Record ...

, an Australian band *

Halo (UK band) Halo are a rock band from Bristol, England, who formed in 1999 and disbanded in 2004. In 2002, they released one album, and had three singles in the UK Singles Chart. They reformed in 2011 and are currently recording their second album. Hi ...

* HALO (South Korean group) * The Halos, an American doo wop group

Albums

* ''Halo'' (Azonic album) (1994) * ''Halo'' (Bakar album) (2023) * ''Halo'' (Current 93 album) (2004) * ''Halo'' (Juana Molina album) (2017) * ''Halo'', by Severina (2019)

Songs

* "Halo" (Beyoncé song) (2008) * "Halo" (Lumix song) (2022) * "Halo" (Soil song) (2001) * "Halo" (Starset song) (2015) * "Halo" (Texas song) (1997) * "Haloes", a song from the album ''

The Tubes The Tubes are a San Francisco-based rock band. Their self-titled 1975 debut album included the single " White Punks on Dope", while their 1983 single " She's a Beauty" was a top-10 U.S. hit and its music video was frequently played in the ear ...

'' by The Tubes * "Halos" by +/- from ''

Xs on Your Eyes ''Xs on Your Eyes'' is the fourth album by +/-, released in late October 2008. An instrumental version of the song "sweet home Alabama" was used as background music in the menu loop of the band's 2007 '' Self Titled Debut Digital Video Disc'' ...

'' * "Halo", by All That Remains from '' Madness'' * "Halo", by Basement from ''

Promise Everything ''Promise Everything'' is the third studio album by British rock band Basement. The band began recording with producer Sam Pura in April 2015. The album was released on 29 January 2016 through Run for Cover. Background Before the release of t ...

'' * "Halo", by Bethany Joy Galeotti from '' Friends with Benefits: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2'' * "Halo", by Bloc Party from ''

Intimacy An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves emotional or physical closeness between people and may include sexual intimacy and feelings of romance or love. Intimate relationships are interdependent, and the member ...

'' * "Halo", by Cage the Elephant from '' Melophobia'' * "Halo", by The Cure from '' Join the Dots'' * "Halo", by Deep Blue Something from ''

Home A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more human occupants, and sometimes various companion animals. Homes provide sheltered spaces, for instance rooms, where domestic activity can be p ...

'' * "Halo", by Depeche Mode from '' Violator'' * "Halo", by

Endless Shame Endless Shame is an electronic band from the South of Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, a ...

from ''Generation Blind'' * "Halo", by Foo Fighters from '' One by One'' * "Halo", by

Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn, bass ...

from ''LP Underground X: Demos'' * "Halo", by Hieroglyphics from '' Full Circle'' * "Halo", by Machine Head from '' The Blackening'' * "Halo", by Poppy from ''

Negative Spaces ''Negative Spaces'' is the sixth studio album by American singer Poppy. It was released through Sumerian Records on November 15, 2024. Poppy co-wrote all the songs on the album, while its production was handled by former Bring Me the Horizon keyb ...

'' * "Halo", by Porcupine Tree from ''

Deadwing ''Deadwing'' is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in Japan on 24 March 2005, in Europe on 28 March, and in the US on 26 April. It quickly became the band's best selling album, although it was l ...

'' * "Halo", by The Pussycat Dolls from '' Doll Domination'' * "Halo", by Red Flag * "Halo", by Ryan Adams from '' Prisoner (B-Sides)'' * "Halo", by Slash from ''

Apocalyptic Love ''Apocalyptic Love'' is the second solo studio album by guitarist Slash (musician), Slash. However, it is also the first studio album billed to Slash (musician)#2009–present: "Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators", Slash feat. Myl ...

'' * "Halo", by Tinchy Stryder from '' Catch 22'' * "Halo", by Takida from '' Bury the Lies''

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Halo'' (sculpture), a kinetic sculpture in Australia * Halo (b-boy move), a dance move *

Halo (nightclub) St. Andrew's Church, Exeter Road was a United Reformed Church on Exeter Road in Bournemouth Bournemouth Town Centre, Town Centre. Since May 2013, the building has been occupied by the Halo nightclub. History The church was built between 1887 a ...

, a venue in Bournemouth, England * Halo (bar), a gay bar in Washington, D.C.

Military

HALO jump High-altitude military parachuting is a style of parachuting in which personnel, equipment, or supplies are airdropped from an aircraft flying at a high altitude. The technique is often used in covert operations. High-altitude military parac ...

, High Altitude-Low Opening parachute jump *

Operation Halo Operation Halo was the Canadian Forces contribution of 500 personnel and 6 CH-146 Griffon helicopters to Haiti in March 2004 as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti to assist in stabilizing the country following February's 200 ...

, the Canadian contribution to the 2004 United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti *

Mil Mi-26 The Mil Mi-26 (, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is ''Izdeliye 90''. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest helicopter to have gone into serial product ...

, a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter (NATO reporting name: Halo) *

Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface The Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (HALO) was a hypersonic air-launched anti-ship missile being developed for the United States Navy. It was designed to provide greater anti-surface warfare capability than the AGM-158C LRASM and ...

, U.S. Navy program

Medicine and psychology

* Halo-gravity traction device, a cervical brace *

Halo effect The halo effect (sometimes called the halo error) is the tendency for positive impressions of a person, company, country, brand, or product in one area to positively influence one's opinion or feelings. The halo effect is "the name given to the p ...

, a cognitive bias * Halo sign, a radiological diagnostic

People

* Halo Khan Ardalan, Kurdish ruler of Ardalan from 1590 to 1616 * Halo Meadows (1905–1985), American actress * Thea Halo (born 1941), American writer and painter * Laurel Halo, stage name of American electronic musician Laurel Anne Chartow (born 1985) * Takashi Hirose (swimmer) (1923–2002), American swimmer nicknamed "Halo"

Places

Ancient Greece

Halos (Thessaly) Halos (), Latinised as Halus, was a town and polis in the region of Achaea Phthiotis in ancient Thessaly, on the west side of the Pagasetic Gulf. Location It is located 10 km south from present-day Almyros. In Greek mythology Halos and Orch ...

, a town and polis of ancient Thessaly * Halos (Delphi), a space near the temple of Apollo in Delphi

United States

* Halo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Halo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

The Halo (building complex) The Halo is a three-tower residential skyscraper complex under construction in Newark, New Jersey, which will include some of List of tallest buildings in Newark, tallest buildings in the city. It is located on Washington Street west of Four C ...

, Newark, New Jersey

Sport

Los Angeles Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, ...

, a Major League Baseball team, nicknamed the Halos *

Halo (horse) Halo (February 7, 1969 – November 28, 2000) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and an important Champion sire. Background Bred in Kentucky by John R. Gaines, founder of the Breeders Cup, Halo was out of the mare Cosmah (who was the Kent ...

(1969–2000), American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire * Halo (safety device), for racing cars

Science, technology and mathematics

Astronomy and space

Dark matter halo In modern models of physical cosmology, a dark matter halo is a basic unit of cosmological structure. It is a hypothetical region that has decoupled from cosmic expansion and contains gravitationally bound matter. A single dark matter halo ma ...

, a hypothetical structure in outer space *

Galactic halo A galactic halo is an extended, roughly spherical component of a galaxy which extends beyond the main, visible component. Several distinct components of a galaxy comprise its halo: * the stellar halo * the galactic corona (hot gas, i.e. a plas ...

, a component of a galaxy *

Halo orbit A halo orbit is a periodic, non-planar orbit associated with one of the L1, L2 or L3 Lagrange points in the three-body problem of orbital mechanics. Although a Lagrange point is just a point in empty space, its peculiar characteristic is th ...

, a concept in orbital mechanics * Helium and Lead Observatory, a supernova neutrino detector * Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module of the planned Lunar Gateway space station * Halo (crater), on the Moon * Stellar halo

Other science, technology and mathematics

Halo (mathematics) In nonstandard analysis, a monad or also a halo is the set of points infinitesimally close to a given point. Given a hyperreal number ''x'' in R∗, the monad of ''x'' is the set :\text(x)=\. If ''x'' is finite (limited), the unique real numbe ...

, in non-standard analysis * Project Halo, in artificial intelligence *

Halo antenna A halo antenna, or halo, is a center-fed dipole antenna, which has been bent into a circle, with a break directly opposite the feed point. The dipole's ends are close, but do not touch, and the ends on either side of the gap may be flared out to ...

Halo nucleus In nuclear physics, an atomic nucleus is called a halo nucleus or is said to have a nuclear halo when it has a core nucleus surrounded by a "halo" of orbiting protons or neutrons, which makes the radius of the nucleus appreciably larger than that ...

, in physics * HaloIPT, a wireless vehicle charging technology under WiTricity

Other uses

* HALO Trust, a landmine-clearance NGO headquartered in Scotland (founded 1988) * HALO Urban Regeneration, a Scottish start-up support firm (founded 1988) * Wonderful Halos, a brand name of mandarin oranges sold by The Wonderful Company