The telescope detected a faint glow from molecules in the planet's upper atmosphere.

For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus's upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and charged particles vary with height across the ...

Volcanoes and wildfires can inject millions of tons of gases and aerosol particles into the air, affecting temperatures on a global scale. But picking out the specific impact of individual events ...

A Nov. 12, 2023, Instagram post (direct link, archive link) suggests that missions to the moon are impossible because a spacecraft couldn't survive the trip through a layer of Earth's atmosphere ...

Atmospheric rivers—narrow bands of concentrated water vapor transported polewards from the tropics—don't just deliver a deluge of rainfall, but play a key role in driving extreme heat events and ...

Cold air allows precipitation to freeze instead of melt, helping snow form, stick and accumulate as winter storms move ...