Atmosphere

Webb Reveals a Steam World Planet Orbiting a Red Dwarf

The JWST has found an exoplanet unlike any other. This unique world has an atmosphere almost entirely composed of water…

4 days ago

One Step Closer to Solving the Mystery of Mars’ Lost Water

Few scientists doubt that Mars was once warm and wet. The evidence for a warm, watery past keeps accumulating, and…

2 months ago

Fast-Tracking the Search for Habitable Worlds

Modern astronomy would struggle without AI and machine learning (ML), which have become indispensable tools. They alone have the capability…

3 months ago

Webb Directly Images a Jupiter-Like Planet

The JWST has directly imaged its first exoplanet, a temperate super Jupiter only about 12 light-years away from Earth. It…

3 months ago

Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have a Mesmerizing Side

Our CO2 emissions are warming the planet and making life uncomfortable and even unbearable in some regions. In July, the…

3 months ago

A New View of Olympus Mons

After 100,000 orbits and almost 23 years on Mars, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has seen a lot. The spacecraft was…

4 months ago

Could We Detect an Alien Civilization Trying to Warm Their Planet?

Humanity is facing an atmospheric threat of our own device, and our internecine squabbles are hampering our ability to neutralize…

4 months ago

Earth’s Atmosphere is Our Best Defence Against Nearby Supernovae

Earth's protective atmosphere has sheltered life for billions of years, creating a haven where evolution produced complex lifeforms like us.…

5 months ago

The Great Red Spot Probably Formed in the Early 1800s

Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) is one of the Solar System's defining features. It's a massive storm that astronomers have…

5 months ago

Sulphur Makes A Surprise Appearance in this Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

At our current level of knowledge, many exoplanet findings take us by surprise. The only atmospheric chemistry we can see…

5 months ago