A project led by the University of Washington to better understand our atmosphere's complexity is a finalist for NASA's next generation of Earth-observing satellites. STRIVE seeks to better understand ...

STRIVE proposes to launch a satellite that takes a sideways view of Earth’s atmosphere, at what is sometimes called “Earth’s limb.” This photo of Earth’s limb was taken Feb. 12, 2020, from the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new, never-before-seen feature in Jupiter's atmosphere. The high-speed jet stream, which spans more than 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) wide, sits ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made a surprising discovery in Jupiter's atmosphere - a high-speed jet stream spanning over 3,000 miles across the planet's equator. This newly identified feature ...

Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected clouds made up of silicate, or sand, in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system. WASP-107b ...

In a major discovery, scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found the strongest evidence so far that a rocky planet outside our solar system has an atmosphere. According to NASA, the ...