Steamy Space Mystery: Webb Telescope Finds Water Vapor, But From a Rocky Planet or Its Star?
More observations will be needed to determine if exoplanet GJ 486 b has an atmosphere. GJ 486 b is about 30% larger than the Earth…
Atmosphere News
Powered by Neural Networks – Scientists Develop More Precise Model of the Earth’s Ionosphere
Neural networks have significantly improved our ability to reconstruct the Earth’s atmospheric layer, making it possible to achieve much more accurate results. This has significant…
Saturn’s Strange Ring-Heat Phenomenon: Solving a Solar System Mystery
A Rain of Icy Particles Is Affecting the Giant Planet’s Weather The planet Saturn is easily recognizable for its opulent ring system that can easily…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views First Dazzling “Sun Rays” on Mars
The veteran Martian rover captured a dazzling sunset at the start of a new cloud-imaging campaign. Although Martian sunsets are uniquely moody, NASA’s Curiosity rover…
Underlying Assumptions of Air Quality Need To Be Redefined
The ozone levels near the surface in urban areas are lower than anticipated. The 40-meter monitoring tower at the Innsbruck Atmospheric Observatory, located near the…
Researchers Disprove 30-Year-Old Climate Paradigm
The emergence of forests did not decrease the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. It is challenging to envision a world without trees today, however,…
Car Preheating Produces More Particulate Emissions Than Driving Dozens of Miles
Recent research from Finland, conducted by the University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University, assessed particulate emissions from passenger cars preheating with an auxiliary heater…
New Innovative System Evaluates the Habitability of Distant Planets
A computerized system categorizes planet atmospheres and determines which are viable for future settlement by humans. The climate crisis poses a significant challenge to all…
Discovery of Laughing Gas in Space Could Mean Alien Life
Exoplanet hunters should check for nitrous oxide — a possible biosignature. Something is missing from the typical roster of chemicals that astrobiologists use to search…
Scientists Discover That Rocket Exhaust Pollution Lingers in the Earth’s Atmosphere for a Disturbing Amount of Time
By simulating the fluid dynamics of rocket exhaust gases, scientists have been able to analyze the atmospheric emissions from rockets Commercial spaceflights by firms like…
New Type of Extremely Reactive Substance Discovered in the Atmosphere
For the first time, an entirely new class of super-reactive chemical compounds has been found under atmospheric conditions. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen, in…
Startling Consequences of Global Warming: Oceans Are Losing Their Memory
Using future projections from the latest generation of Earth System Models, a recent study published in Science Advances found that most of the world’s ocean…
Filling the Climate Change Data Gap: Amazon Rainforest Gases Affect the Earth’s Atmosphere
Findings may fill gap for climate change, atmospheric research beyond tropical regions. According to a new study by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL),…
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Atmosphere
What Is an Atmosphere? An atmosphere is a layer (or several layers) of gas that surrounds a planet, or other celestial body. If a celestial…
Science Made Simple: Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
The Earth’s atmosphere has four primary layers: the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. These layers protect our planet by absorbing harmful radiation. Thermosphere 53–375 Miles…
It’s Not Just Smokestacks to Worry About: Mountain Streams Emit a Surprising Amount of CO2
For the first time, an EPFL-led team of scientists has measured the total amount of CO2 emissions from mountain streams worldwide. This research builds on…
New NASA Study Shows That Hydrofluorocarbons Contribute to Ozone Depletion
According to new research from NASA, chemical coolants known as hydrofluorocarbons that are found in refrigerators and in home and automobile air conditioners, contribute to…
Low Atmospheric Oxygen Levels Delayed Rise of Animals
A new study reveals that oxygen levels during the “boring billion” period were only 0.1% of what they are today, providing the first evidence that…
