Earth’s magnetic field has long been framed as a planetary force field, a protective bubble that keeps the worst of the Sun’s radiation at bay. Increasingly, though, scientists are finding that this ...

Christmas Day will be quite warm across the U.S. only days after the winter solstice. Here is an explanation of why winter ...

Tiny red light points from the early universe are puzzling. JWST data suggest: Black holes shining like stars are behind them ...

BepiColombo will arrive in 2026 to uncover the planet Mercury, and unravel how a planet as small, dense, and in such an odd ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned up a world that looks more like a squeezed citrus fruit than a planet, a distorted ...

Recently, researchers from the Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, have combined data from ...

JWST observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b provide the strongest evidence to date for an atmosphere surrounding a rocky planet beyond our Solar System.

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere rich with carbon and helium, which is unexpected on this hot planet ...

The moisture from this storm system will help two fast-moving winter storms spread snow across the eastern U.S., with another atmospheric river on its way. Reading time 3 minutes An atmospheric river ...

As a strong atmospheric river targets the Pacific Northwest, these questions are top of mind, according to the National Weather Service. Some areas have already received upwards or 7 or 8 inches of ...

"We reported hints of methane, but the question is, 'is the methane attributable to molecules in the atmosphere of the planet or in the host star?'" When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...