NASA has turned its attention to a ghostly shroud of hydrogen that stretches far beyond the familiar blue edge of our planet, ...

Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging all explanations.

Heavy rain from a persistent atmospheric river pattern continues to impact California this week. Here's what's causing it.

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, two new studies present an in-depth analysis of the planet Beta Pictoris b's ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

An extreme low angle, a 16mm lens and meticulous focus stacking turned forest fungi into a glowing, otherworldly scene.

Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...

One side of TOI-561 b is constantly locked towards its star, and the observations showed that this face is very cool for such a closely orbiting planet. A thick atmosphere must be transferring heat ...

In one study, these particles from high-altitude wildfire smoke created a dramatic cooling effect not accounted for in current climate models.

Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed an entirely new type of exoplanet whose atmospheric ...