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A chart comparing the Webb data to models of water vapor in either starspots or an exoplanet atmosphere NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) However, there’s a catch.
The post also states that "by excluding water vapor, this chart is very deceptive and greatly exaggerates CO2's role as a greenhouse gas." However, ...
When Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano violently erupted earlier this year, it spewed an unprecedented amount of water vapor into the atmosphere — and it will likely have noticeable ...
Water vapor has been found in the atmosphere of a distant planet that’s just over twice the size of Earth. It’s the smallest world yet found with water in its surrounding atmosphere, and it ...
In a study published Sept. 11, 2019, researchers detected water vapor in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b. This artist’s impression shows the planet K2-18b, ...
You may have noticed that humidity (the amount of water vapor in the air) makes a difference in how comfortable you feel outside. When the humidity is high in the summer we say it is "muggy." When ...
The Hunga eruption contributed about 150 metric megatons of water vapor into the stratosphere — an amount so high that it raised global levels of stratospheric water vapor by about 10%. This ...
Study: Leidenfrost effect occurs in all three water phases: Solid, liquid, and vapor But there's a much higher threshold of 550° C for levitation of an ice disk to occur.
A strange planet that's stymied astronomers for years has an "unusually shiny atmosphere" and could be home to large amounts of water vapor, scientists said in a study published Wednesday in the ...