The teeming life in the Southern Ocean, which encircles Antarctica, contributes to brightening the clouds that form there, according to a study published today in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The clouds are bright because ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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Clouds come in myriad shapes, sizes and types, which control their effects on climate. New research led by the University of Washington shows that splintering of frozen liquid droplets to form ice shards inside Southern Ocean ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2022
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Satellite images show how quickly clouds respond to aerosols emitted by ships, helping inform climate modeling.
Earth Sciences
Apr 26, 2021
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As planets in our solar system go, Venus is one for the textbooks.
Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2019
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An image from the international Cassini spacecraft provides evidence of rainfall on the north pole of Titan, the largest of Saturn's moons. The rainfall would be the first indication of the start of a summer season in the ...
Space Exploration
Jan 16, 2019
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It has long been suspected that sulfur emissions can brighten clouds. Water droplets tend to clump around particles of sulfuric acid, causing smaller droplets that form brighter, more reflective clouds.
Earth Sciences
Dec 9, 2015
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An international team, with participation from the University of Bern, has produced the first map of clouds on an exoplanet using the Kepler Space Telescope. Studying the atmospheres of exoplanets is the path towards ultimately ...
Astronomy
Sep 26, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have discovered the darkest known exoplanet - a distant, Jupiter-sized gas giant known as TrES-2b. Their measurements show that TrES-2b reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling on ...
Astronomy
Aug 11, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Combining observations from the CoRoT satellite and the ESO HARPS instrument, astronomers have discovered the first “normal” exoplanet that can be studied in great detail. Designated Corot-9b, the planet ...
Astronomy
Mar 17, 2010
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