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Clouds On Jupiter Rising Up Above the Surrounding Atmosphere
Though it looks like it to us, Jupiter's clouds do no form a flat surface. Some of its clouds rise…
Noctilucent Clouds Perform Delicate Dance for NASA’s Balloon-Cam
Noctilucent clouds 50 miles above the Earth in the mesosphere. A NASA mission spent five days above the Arctic photographing…
NASA’s Aqua Satellite Watches Ships Crossing the Atlantic Ocean
A new image released by NASA's Aqua satellite shows a beautiful pattern of clouds created by ships criss-crossing the Atlantic…
Two Years Ago Today: It Was a Clear Day on Pluto When New Horizons Flew By
It was two years ago this morning that we awoke to see the now iconic image of Pluto that the…
Grab Your Smartphone And Become A Citizen Scientist For NASA
NASA's new GLOBE Observer app allows users to observe the sky in their location and share the data with NASA.
First Detection of Water Clouds Outside Our Solar System
Astronomers have now determined a nearby brown dwarf has some exciting characteristics: its atmosphere is full of clouds of water…
Clouds Seen On Pluto For First Time
New images from NASA's New Horizons probe show possible clouds drifting lazily over Pluto's chill landscape.
What are Those Colorful, Crazy Clouds in the Sky??
My Twitter feed exploded on June 25 with reports of colorful, crazy-looking clouds, sundogs, Sun halos and more. The above…
Mountains Soar Above the Appalachians in this Dramatic NASA Photo
Except these are mountains made of water, not rock! Taken from an altitude of 65,000 feet, the image above shows enormous…
Earth’s Highest Clouds Shine at the “Top of the Orbit”
Looking for a new desktop background? This might do nicely: a photo of noctilucent "night-shining" clouds seen above a midnight Sun…