In newly published research, CU Boulder scientists study a rocky exoplanet outside our solar system, learning more about whether and how planets maintain atmospheres In June 2019, Harvard ...

"We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

"It's really been a one of a kind event." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mars' atmosphere, once as thick as if not thicker than ...

Hot air holds more moisture. That’s why you can blow your hair dry even after a steamy shower. It’s also what dumps rain in the tropics and sucks water from desert soils. A new study, published in ...

This story originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There is a paradox at the heart of our changing climate. While the blanket of air close to the ...

Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS, ...

Astronomers have found an atmosphere where they least expected it: clinging to an exoplanet that’s too small, too hot and too old to have air, at least in theory. Observations by the James Webb Space ...

When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...

For the first time, scientists have measured a long-sought global electric field in the Earth’s atmosphere. This field, called the ambipolar electric field, was predicted to exist decades ago but ...