News

A “roll cloud” spotted off the coast of Portugal looked like something out of a movie. Here’s the science behind it.
A striking 2015 satellite image has captured a rare meteorological phenomenon known as von Kármán vortices swirling off ...
Wispy, featherlike clouds off the coast of Chile appear to cover the Pacific Ocean in white fur in a newly released satellite photo. The natural-color image, taken May 21 by NASA's Aqua satellite ...
After multiple failed attempts, NASA’s Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket lit up the sky with blue-green and red artificial clouds.
Scientists Discover 'Chameleon' Ocean Bacteria That Change Color in Different Types of Light Published Feb 27, 2018 at 1:30 PM EST Updated Feb 27, 2018 at 1:58 PM EST ...
A new image sent by a cloud-probing satellite is helping shed light on how ice and snowflakes suspended within clouds turn into rain.
But for now, my day is brightened simply by the knowledge that there are invisible critters up in the sky drawing silver linings around the clouds. Read the full, open-access scientific paper here.
A Martian volcano breaks through the clouds in a spectacular image captured by the Odyssey orbiter. This unprecedented view reveals Arsia Mons, one of Mars' largest volcanoes, emerging from a sea ...
An astronaut on the ISS photographed the rippling clouds over an archipelago near Antarctica.
A stunning image captured by a Nasa satellite reveals the impact that ships passing through the Atlantic Ocean have on the clouds above. The image shows a patchwork of bright, criss-crossing cloud ...
A new image is helping shed light on how ice and snowflakes suspended within clouds turn into rain. It is thought that understanding how fast rain and snow falls could help improve weather and ...
A new image sent by a cloud-probing satellite is helping shed light on how ice and snowflakes suspended within clouds turn into rain.