In the summer, the much warmer air mass expands like a dome and causes the troposphere to reach a height of 11 miles above the surface. This is why clouds tend to grow bigger and taller in the summer ...

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The outlook is promising for future long-term monitoring of planets across multiple wavelengths. Infrared imaging data from ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

A rare cloud phenomenon has been spotted and photographed by eagle-eyed reader Adrian Webster. He spotted these noctilucent ...

Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there's plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains ...

France is leaning hard into near space, warning the area is increasingly contested, as evidenced by the Chinese spy ballon ...

The spacecraft, MethaneSAT, was just a year into its mission to provide a clearer picture of planet-warming emissions from ...

Though the space debris issue has been taken more seriously in recent years, scientists have discovered that destructive ...

Gary Shteyngart's 'Vera, or Faith,' and a painstakingly researched history of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of ...