Afterglow is an atmospheric phenomenon.

Afterglow may also refer to:

Science and medicine

  • An emission after an excitation; see phosphorescence
  • Afterglow (gamma ray burst), fainter, fading, longer wavelength emission after a gamma ray burst
  • Afterglow plasma, concept in plasma physics
  • Afterglow (drug culture), concept in drug culture

Film, television, and radio

  • Afterglow (1997 film), starring Nick Nolte and Julie Christie
  • Afterglow (1923 film), a British silent drama film
  • "Afterglow", the seventeenth episode of the second season of That 70s Show
  • Afterglow: A Last Conversation with Pauline Kael, a 2003 book about film critic Pauline Kael
  • Afterglow, a jazz radio show produced by WFIU

Music

  • Afterglow (band), an American psychedelic band in the late 1960s
  • Afterglow, a fictional band in the BanG Dream! franchise
  • The Afterglow, a pop/rock band from Turin, Italy

Albums and EPs

  • Afterglow (Electric Light Orchestra album), 1990
  • Afterglow (Dr. John album), 1995
  • Afterglow (Crowded House album), 1999
  • Afterglow (Quench album), 2003
  • Afterglow (Sarah McLachlan album), 2003
  • Afterglow (Black Country Communion album), 2012
  • Afterglow (Marcellus Hall & The Hostages album), 2013
  • Afterglow (Soulfire Revolution album), 2015
  • Afterglow (Ásgeir album), 2017
  • After Glow (Carmen McRae album), 1957
  • The Afterglow, a 2014 EP by Blackbear
  • Afterglow (Sleep Theory album), 2025

Songs

  • "Afterglow" (Tina Turner song), 1987
  • "Afterglow" (Taxiride song), 2003
  • "Afterglow" (INXS song), 2006
  • "Afterglow" (Wilkinson song), 2013
  • "Afterglow of Your Love", 1969
  • "Afterglow (Ed Sheeran song)", 2020
  • "Afterglow", by All Time Low from Last Young Renegade, 2017
  • "Afterglow", by Car Seat Headrest from Nervous Young Man, 2013
  • "Afterglow", by Chvrches from Every Open Eye, 2015
  • "Afterglow", by Genesis from Wind & Wuthering, 1976
  • "Afterglow", by John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer from A Sphere in the Heart of Silence, 2004
  • "Afterglow", by José González from Vestiges & Claws, 2015
  • "Afterglow", by The Mission from Sum and Substance, 1994
  • "Afterglow", by The Servants from Disinterest, 1990
  • "Afterglow", by Taylor Swift from Lover, 2019
  • "Afterglow", by Travis from The Invisible Band, 2001
  • "Afterglow", by Vertical Horizon from Burning the Days, 2009
  • "Afterglow", by Tkay Maidza from Tkay, 2016
  • "The Afterglow", by Silverstein from Dead Reflection, 2017

Other uses

  • Afterglow Vista, a mausoleum in Roche Harbor, Washington, United States