Thirty-five years after the start of the nuclear age with the first explosion of an atomic bomb, I visited the expanse of ...

A new adaptive optics system reveals stunning, ultra-sharp views of the Sun’s corona—offering an unprecedented look at solar ...

Researchers propose stratospheric aerosol injection to cool the planet, but face challenges and controversies in climate mitigation.

There are 10 main types of clouds. There's the Cumulus cloud, otherwise know as the Simpsons' cloud. "The cartoon cloud that forms on a sunny day. The fair weather cloud. It's like the generic one, ...

Fluorescence lidar technology enables a better determination of the origin of particles in the atmosphere. The method can ...

An atmospheric scientist explains how hail forms and what to do if you’re suddenly being pelted by giant ice chunks falling from the sky.

A growing global desire to venture into deep space could pose a new threat to life back on Earth – 40 years after the alarm was raised over damage to the ozone layer and its stark consequences for ...

Just because we can find ozone in the atmosphere of other planets doesn't mean there's life. Ozone is a sign of life on Earth ...

The sun's corona—the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse—has long intrigued ...

All weather that we experience is confined to this layer. Just above the Troposphere contains the stratosphere, which is the layer that commercial jets fly in. The Stratosphere can also be ...

The researchers had repeatedly observed very thin layers of smoke at high altitudes, which originated from forest fires in Canada but could not be seen using conventional methods. This suggests that ...

Some stains can’t be eradicated, no matter how hard you try. Lady Macbeth learned that lesson. It’s a lesson we are now learning in America. Eviscerating an agency like USAID, which provides ...