Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 ...

City-sized droplets and twisting streams of plasma have been picked up by incredibly detailed images of the sun’s corona, ...

A further communication of great interest on the occurrence of hitherto unsuspected elements of the atmosphere was made recently to the Royal Society by Prof. Ramsay and Mr. Travers. Since the ...

To uncover the atmosphere of smaller, Earth-like planets, though, larger telescopes will be needed. They will include ESO's Extremely ... of uncovering incredible things we can only dream about ...

They’re also tracking a wider variety of novel chemicals in the upper atmosphere that may not have been there before. Recently spotted elements include copper, lead and lithium there because of ...

Each layer of the sun’s atmosphere exhibits distinct traits ... said in a statement. "Things usually get cooler farther away from a hot source. When you're roasting a marshmallow you move ...

When you learn about the moon in school, you’re generally taught that its gravity is insufficient to capture and retain any significant atmosphere ... and include lithium, sodium, potassium ...

With those things, we can estimate how much atmosphere has been lost and thus ... Examples on Earth include limestones (carbonate minerals) and many iron-bearing minerals. The goal of the ...