NASA’s Roman Mission Preps to Unveil New Populations of Faraway Worlds
This plot shows currently known exoplanets, with different categories highlighted. Roman will help fill in the bottom-right of…
NASA Finds a “Goldilocks” Giant Planet Wrapped in Methane
Artist’s impression of a gas giant planet orbiting its distant host star. New research, led by astronomers at…
Astronomers discover a super-Earth that may have an atmosphere orbiting a red dwarf
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing an exoplanet and two red stars. Astronomers have recently discovered a…
Astronomers Observe Exoplanet Atmospheres With New Cloud-detecting Method
Artistic representation of WASP-94 A b. Clouds build as air flows over the dark side of the planet,…
MAVEN Detects Rare Atmospheric Effect on Mars
New observations from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft reveal that the Zwan-Wolf effect — a…
Coupled Photochemical-Climate Modeling of Plausible Tenuous Outgassed Atmospheres on the TRAPPIST-1 Planets
Surface pressure-temperature (P-T) points for each atmosphere in our work for each planet. Points are shown plotted over…
Strange atmosphere detected on small icy world beyond Pluto
A star blinked in a strange way over Japan last January, and that flicker may have exposed something…
Designing with Air: Rethinking Architecture Beyond the Wall
Blur Building, Lake Neuchatel, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 2002. Image Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro Share Share Facebook Twitter…
The Ozone Layer Is Healing, But There’s a Hidden Catch
Unexpected leaks from industrial chemicals are slowing the ozone layer’s recovery. Cutting these emissions could help the ozone…
Webb Space Telescope Uncovers Unexpected Ice Clouds on a Jupiter-Like World
Artist’s impression of the planet Epsilon Indi Ab, with water clouds atop its ammonia-dominated atmosphere. Credit: E. C.…
Guest post: How declining cloudiness is accelerating global warming
For the past two decades, low-level cloud cover has been declining, increasing the amount of sunlight absorbed by…
Organosulfur Chemistry On sub-Neptunes: Implications For Hazes And Biosignatures
The network of important reactions for the carbon, sulfur, and coupled organosulfur chemistry in the atmosphere of K2-18b.…