WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding cake ...
Climate change is having an increasing impact on the structure of Earth's atmosphere, a new international study shows. The research draws on decades of observations to quantify that warming ...
A layer of charged particles, called the ionosphere, surrounds Earth, extending from about 50 to 400 miles above the surface of the planet. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...
A research group has succeeded for the first time in investigating the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet's atmosphere. This has now been announced by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), ...
Astronomers have developed a new way to capture all the exquisite 'layer-cake' details of a brown dwarf's cloud structure. Because brown dwarfs are similar to super-Jupiters, this innovative technique ...
Figure 1: Temperature profiles from DOY 234, 2006 at latitude 71° N, derived with three different upper boundary temperature conditions of 170, 200 and 230 K. Figure 4: Daytime electron density ...
The JWST has found "dark beads" and unexpected structures inside the atmosphere of Saturn – strange features never seen before in the Solar System. On November 24, 2024, the JWST turned to observe ...
In a groundbreaking observation, NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter captured an extraordinary image of a towering formation breaking through the Martian morning clouds. This formation, believed to be the ...
Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – Jupiter may be the bully planet of our solar system because it’s the most massive planet, but it’s actually a runt compared to many of the giant planets found around other stars.