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, ...
In a final chapter of his new book, climate scientist Rob Jackson profiles several individuals he considers to be climate heroes. One is Rose Abramoff, a fellow scientist who recently encouraged ...
The AQI is measured on a scale from 0 to 500, with the lower the number, the healthier the air. (Getty Creative) But many Angelenos aren’t sure if the AQI tells the full story, especially given how ...
Jupiter is famous for its striking, stripey appearance, looking like an orange and white marble covered in streaky, complex patterns. But as a gas giant, Jupiter doesn't have a solid surface made of ...
A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from weather tracking to broadband internet to national defense. A photo composite ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 ...
For seven days in the Fall of 2012, Hurricane Sandy pounded the Caribbean and US East Coast with punishing rain, wind, and waves. As the storm approached landfall, the National Hurricane Center ...
Creating a composite photograph of the images taken by the Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System ( CaSSIS) aboard the Trace Gas Orbiter, ESA scientists found that the dust and gas layers of Mars' ...
The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere in the Milky Way.