Scientists have for the first time mapped the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, uncovering violent winds and bizarre ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding cake ...

thermal characteristics (temperature changes), chemical composition, movement, and density. Each of the layers are bounded by "pauses" where the greatest changes in thermal characteristics, chemical ...

CLEVELAND — Precipitation—the water that falls from clouds—comes in many forms, including rain, snow, sleet, and freezing rain. The type we experience depends largely on the atmospheric conditions ...

Adam Sherwinski teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about the different types of precipitation This video explains the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - I like to think of the atmosphere as sort of a big sandwich since the atmosphere isn't just one layer. It has many distinct layers from the ground all the way into space. This ...

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 reality, a green rim is there at every sunset. It's just usually so thin, and so brief (a second or two), that our eyes ...