A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...

Pulsars emit a lot of radiation, in particular high-energy gamma-rays and radio waves pulses. That light is invisible to JWST, which studies the universe in infrared, but it affects the planet’s ...

The Daily Atmospheric Ionospheric Limb Imager (DAILI) CubeSat successfully launched aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:07 a.m. EST on Dec. 21, 2021 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

The Earth’s atmosphere is a complex and dynamic envelope comprised primarily of nitrogen and oxygen, with trace gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour and ozone playing outsized roles in ...

Published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, two new studies present an in-depth analysis of the planet Beta Pictoris b's ...

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The small traces of gas that form the atmosphere of our moon may have come from meteorites hitting its pockmarked surface. The exact origins of the moon's extremely thin atmosphere—known as an ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away that could harbor liquid water. Early data suggests hints of ...

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Daily life increasingly depends on systems of satellites orbiting Earth. As fleets proliferate, ever greater numbers of expired units will hurtle back toward the surface. Decommissioned satellites ...