albedo

How Vegetation Could Impact the Climate of Exoplanets

The term 'habitable zone' is a broad definition that serves a purpose in our age of exoplanet discovery. But the…

3 months ago

Ocean Salinity Affects Earth’s Climate. How About on Exoplanets?

There's a link between Earth's ocean salinity and its climate. Salinity can have a dramatic effect on the climate of…

3 months ago

Titanium Clouds Make This Exoplanet Shine Like a Mirror

ESA's Cheops mission has been studying an ultra-hot exoplanet around a nearby star and discovered its metallic clouds reflect about…

1 year ago

Why are Earth’s Hemispheres the Same Brightness? New Research Solves a 50-year-old Mystery.

NASA’s Apollo program most notably explored the Moon. But it also helped us study the Earth as well, as it…

2 years ago

Did Snowball Earth Happen Because of a Sudden Drop in Sunlight?

Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth went through two episodes of severe glaciation. These two episodes—the Sturtian and the…

4 years ago

Enceladus Causes Snowfall On Other Moons of Saturn

Radar evidence shows that geysers on Enceladus are ejecting water that turns to snow. The snow not only falls back…

5 years ago

See Historic Comet BA14 Up Close In These New Radar Images

During its recent flyby of Earth, astronomers used the Goldstone radar antenna to create a remarkable series of images of…

9 years ago

This Comparison of Comet 67/P With Other Solar System Bodies Will Blow Your Mind

There’s darkness out there in the cold corners of the solar system. And we’re not talking about a Lovecraftian darkness,…

10 years ago

Goldilocks And The Habitable Zone – The Increased Place In Space

[/caption] It's referred to as the "Goldilock's Zone", but this area in space isn't meant for sleepy or hungry bears…

13 years ago

Albedo Effect

Astronomers define the reflectivity of an object in space using a term called albedo. This is the amount of electromagnetic…

15 years ago