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 ...

The powerful vision of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to study for the first time the layer-cake structure of the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. Hubble discovered ...

New Images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope show Saturn in both infrared and visible light.

Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS, ...

Raman lidar is an advanced remote sensing technique that utilises the inelastic scattering of laser light to provide detailed profiles of atmospheric constituents, temperature, and humidity. By ...

Jupiter may be the bully planet of our solar system because it’s the most massive planet, but it’s actually a runt compared to many of the giant planets found around other stars. These alien worlds, ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Improved observations of the atmospheric boundary layer (noted as ABL or BL herein) ...

An unexpected consequence of climate change known as upper atmospheric cooling has finally been confirmed by satellite sensors. While proving the accuracy of our previous climate models, the ...

STRIVE proposes to launch a satellite that takes a sideways view of Earth’s atmosphere, at what is sometimes called “Earth’s limb.” This photo of Earth’s limb was taken Feb. 12, 2020, from the ...