Atmosphere
Uranus is Getting Colder and Now We Know Why
Uranus is an oddball among the Solar System's planets. While most planets' axis of rotation is perpendicular to their orbital…
Millions of Phones Could Map the Earth’s Ionosphere
We are all familiar with the atmosphere of the Earth and part of this, the ionosphere, is a layer of…
Lessons From Ancient Earth’s Atmosphere: From Hostile to Hospitable
Will we ever understand how life got started on Earth? We've learned much about Earth's long, multi-billion-year history, but a…
Good News, the Ozone Layer Hole is Continuing to Shrink
Climate change is a huge topic and often debated across the world. We continue to burn fossil fuels and ignore…
Webb Reveals a Steam World Planet Orbiting a Red Dwarf
The JWST has found an exoplanet unlike any other. This unique world has an atmosphere almost entirely composed of water…
One Step Closer to Solving the Mystery of Mars’ Lost Water
Few scientists doubt that Mars was once warm and wet. The evidence for a warm, watery past keeps accumulating, and…
Fast-Tracking the Search for Habitable Worlds
Modern astronomy would struggle without AI and machine learning (ML), which have become indispensable tools. They alone have the capability…
Webb Directly Images a Jupiter-Like Planet
The JWST has directly imaged its first exoplanet, a temperate super Jupiter only about 12 light-years away from Earth. It…
Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have a Mesmerizing Side
Our CO2 emissions are warming the planet and making life uncomfortable and even unbearable in some regions. In July, the…
A New View of Olympus Mons
After 100,000 orbits and almost 23 years on Mars, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has seen a lot. The spacecraft was…