Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know ...

Using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, they trained a neural network to model the dust’s effect on starlight ...

Relying on temperature data from satellites provides a relatively crude map: Climate research has historically relied on remote sensing made up of pixels that correspond to 30-by-30-meter squares ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...

Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems.

Rising temperatures are driving a dramatic shift in weather patterns, with major cities worldwide increasingly vulnerable to ...

It may look beautiful but what it reveals is an alarming picture of a heating planet. The graphic shows ... t entirely explain the unusually rapid temperature rise.