When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...
"The James Webb Space Telescope has captured helium escape from this planet for the first time, and it is the most confident ...
If you have seen a bright light streak across the sky, you have likely seen a meteor. Meteors are rocks from space that hit Earth's atmosphere and are commonly referred to as falling stars or shooting ...
John Locher/AP / AP The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has hit a new record, as humanity struggles to rein in emissions of greenhouse gasses from burning fossil ...
A great analogy is a boiling pot of water. When a lid prevents steam from escaping, it is the equivalent of our atmosphere having a cap. As soon as the lid is removed, steam rises. Having a cap in ...
SIOUX FALL, S.D. (KELO) — We tend to throw around a lot of weather terms when talking about severe weather. Most are pretty well-known and self-explanatory, but a few require a bit of explaining. One ...