Hubble Space Telescope Observations Used To Answer Key Exoplanet Questions
A worldwide team of astronomers studied archival Hubble Space Telescope observations of 25 hot Jupiters, allowing them to answer five unresolved questions important to our…
A worldwide team of astronomers studied archival Hubble Space Telescope observations of 25 hot Jupiters, allowing them to answer five unresolved questions important to our…
Air pollution heating up the Southern Ocean. According to new research, a lesser-known form of ozone is playing a significant role in heating the Southern…
The planet’s atmosphere explains the gravity of the situation. Venus, Earth’s sister planet, would likely not rotate, if not for its soupy, fast-moving atmosphere. Instead,…
Increase in August pollution could have far-reaching health implications. New research finds that increasingly large and intense wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are altering the…
Ozone in the atmosphere found to have weakened one of Earth’s main cooling mechanisms. According to new research, ozone may be weakening one of the…
Follow the pollen. Records from past plant life tell the real story of global temperatures, according to research from a climate scientist at Washington University…
Multi-institutional research team finds declining nitrogen availability in a nitrogen-rich world. Since the mid-20th century, research and discussion have focused on the negative effects of…
The findings do not counter the established science of climate change but highlight how the accounting of the amount of carbon withdrawn by plants and…
Largest changes centered over Rio Grande region of Southwestern U.S. In arid Western states, the climate is growing warmer and drier, leading to increased demand…
A new study based on recordings made by the rover finds that the speed of sound is slower on the Red Planet than on Earth…
Long-lasting, icy cirrus clouds filled with Saharan dust covered many parts of the continent in March. In March 2022, several large storms carried clouds of…
Using a NASA-funded CubeSat, scientists have uncovered a new source of super-fast, energetic electrons raining down on our planet, which can have implications for space…
MIT Haystack Observatory identifies long-duration atmospheric waves launched by the recent Tonga eruption. The recent eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai volcano, at 04:14:45 UT…
While the popular Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up” has raised public consciousness to the potential catastrophic effects of asteroid impact to planet Earth, new research…
An international team of researchers has revealed that tropical terrestrial methane (CH4) emissions explain more than 80% of the observed changes in the global atmospheric…
Microbes and Minerals May Have Set Off Earth’s Oxygenation Scientists propose a new mechanism by which oxygen may have first built up in the atmosphere….
If wildfires become larger and more frequent, they might stall ozone recovery for years. The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how…
A fresh analysis of the possible cooling effect of the sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022…