Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy in its upper atmosphere. ...
Astronomy
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A new study in Nature Climate Change takes one of the first deep dives into how climate change will affect the fastest jet streams—the powerful, narrow winds in the upper atmosphere that steer much of the Earth's weather ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2023
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A study from an international team led by researchers from Nagoya University in Japan and the University of New Hampshire in the United States has revealed the importance of the Earth's upper atmosphere in determining how ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 30, 2023
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Near Earth's poles, observers of the night sky often behold aurorae, colorful light shows in the upper atmosphere caused by interactions between the solar wind and our planet's magnetosphere. A little closer to the equator, ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 11, 2023
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A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in some states along the U.S.-Canada border a faint glimpse of the northern lights which—at their peak—produce a colorful sky show when solar wind hits ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 13, 2023
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A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar wind hits the atmosphere.
Space Exploration
Jul 9, 2023
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With technology increasingly embedded in our everyday lives, it is becoming more important to understand space weather and its impacts on tech.
Earth Sciences
May 30, 2023
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The 2019-2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for the first time in memory. By some estimates, a billion native animals died up and down Australia's east coast. Dozens of people ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2023
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A study of the upper atmosphere's composition has successfully measured an increased presence of 18O, a heavier oxygen isotope with 10 instead of eight neutrons. Helmut Wiesemeyer (MPIfR Bonn) and his colleagues have measured ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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An arctic blast is bringing extreme cold, heavy snow and intense wind across much of the U.S. this week—just in time for the holidays.
Environment
Dec 21, 2022
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