Atmosphere
Timelapse: Sprites, Gravity Waves and Airglow
Look! Fast! Sprite lightning occurs only at high altitudes above thunderstorms, only last for a thousandth of a second and…
Timelapse: Watch Noctilucent Clouds Cover the Entire Sky
This year, the noctilucent cloud season has been especially eventful, and this new timelapse from Swedish astrophotographer Göran Strand shows…
NASA’s Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas Observatory Captures ‘First Light’ at Head of International ‘A-Train’ of Earth Science Satellites
NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to studying Earth’s atmospheric climate changing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and its carbon cycle has reached…
Cool Infographic Compares the Chemistry of Planetary Atmospheres
Here on Earth we enjoy the nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere we've all come to know and love with each of the approximately 24,000…
Flaming Space Junk Makes Jaws Drop in Australia
"It first looked like a plane with fire coming out of the tail." -- Aaron O. "I have never seen…
Rare and Beautiful Noctilucent Clouds Wow Over Holland – Gallery
A trio of talented Dutch astrophotographers have captured a series of magnificent views of the rare and beautiful phenomena known…
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NASA’s Carbon Observatory Blasts off on Workhorse Delta II to Measure Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas and Watch Earth Breathe
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, NASA's first mission dedicated to studying carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, lifts off from Vandenberg Air…
What are Those Colorful, Crazy Clouds in the Sky??
My Twitter feed exploded on June 25 with reports of colorful, crazy-looking clouds, sundogs, Sun halos and more. The above…
How to See Airglow, the Green Sheen of Night
Emerald green, fainter than the zodiacal light and visible on dark nights everywhere on Earth, airglow pervades the night sky…
Watch the Northern Lights Dance and Shimmer in “Silent Storms”
Aurorae were once believed to be warring clans of spirit soldiers, the skyward ghosts of virgin women, or the glow of fires…