Sulfur molecules come in many forms called allotropes, from S2 up to S8. The subscript indicates the number of S atoms in the allotrope. We are proposing here a new pathway to S2 formation. With S2 ...

Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present simultaneously for the process to begin. There are two ingredients needed for clouds to form: water and nuclei. The first ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this oblique photograph of polar mesospheric clouds during one of the 16 sunsets visible from the station each day. Polar mesospheric clouds, ...

While there aren’t any tasty flying snacks on offer, scientists are curious about a rare and poorly understood kind of cloud which forms high in the atmosphere over the north and south poles only ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered, “What kind of clouds are those?” Sometimes, they look like little fluffy blobs; other times, they tower like skyscrapers, ...

This week's question comes from Regina, who asks about one of the basic elements of our weather, "Why do clouds form?" Meteorologist Rob Shackelford: This might sound like a weird analogy, but I need ...

The surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of its atmosphere high over the surface remain cool enough to harbor ice and birth ghostly clouds When ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is giving us a clearer picture of WASP-107b, a ‘fluffy’ exoplanet about the size of Jupiter. On Earth, it mostly rains water. But according to a new discovery published ...

NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth’s dynamic atmosphere – specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The ...

The Great Red Spot is a gigantic storm, twice the size of Earth, that has swirled for centuries. It’s just one of many on the ...