In an unexpected twist, two Earth-based weather satellites, Himawari-8 and Himawari-9, have provided invaluable data on Venus ...

Less than a decade since the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime itself—proposed budget cuts threaten ...

"We believe that continuing such activities will further expand our horizon in the field of planetary science." ...

S4, a $900-million cosmology experiment, would answer one of the greatest questions in physics. Instead it’s become another cautionary tale of pursuing big science amid shrinking budgets ...

Amid simmering anxiety about the future of federally funded science, the U.S. government has quietly withdrawn support for cosmology’s next premier project, an experiment that would have given us the ...

A short-lived ripple in space-time revealed that two black holes merged into a giant black hole with the mass of 225 suns ...

For assistant professor Juie Shetye and her research team, the eclipses presented a unique opportunity to study a phenomenon called atmospheric gravity waves, or AGWs, and to engage with local ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A team of atmospheric scientists are launching a new research campaign from Des Moines this week. The Convective Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere (CGWaveS) Project is aiming ...

A team of atmospheric scientists is launching a cutting-edge research campaign from Des Moines as part of the Convective Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere (CGWaveS) project, aimed at better ...

Secondary gravity waves emerge as the hidden architects of global-scale thermospheric upheaval following the Tonga eruption in 2022.

AN ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVE is generated by a region of rapidly rising air forced up by a front, low pressure system or even by terrain.