If all goes well, the COSMIC six-satellite array will be launched today at 5:10 PM PDT by a Minotaur rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The $100 million constellation will use the U.S. Global ...

EXAMPLES OF EXTREME DAMAGEIn view of the large, long-tracked and violent tornadoes that developed on April 27, 2011, study authors felt it was worthwhile to summarize some descriptions of extreme ...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – After a series of delays, NASA's Aura satellite (search) was launched into orbit early Thursday on a $785 million mission to study Earth's atmosphere. A two-stage ...

In 2005, researchers at the University of Tokyo proposed that some elements from Earth's upper atmosphere might have escaped ...

NASA is considering five investigations for its third – and cheapest – tier of missions, known as their Discovery Program. The missions, which must cost no more than $500 million (£330 million), ...

Distant stars and their orbiting planets often have conditions unlike anything we see in our atmosphere. To understand these new world's, and what they are made of, scientists need to be able to ...

Plymouth State University meteorology students launch a weather balloon to collect atmospheric data. A team from PSU will be launching weather balloons simultaneously with approximately 100 other ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Two of NASA's heliophysics missions can now claim planetary science on their list of scientific findings. A group of scientists used the Venus transit - a very rare event where a planet passes between ...

A new study has found that microplastics are being emitted into the atmosphere, mainly from roads, the ocean, and agricultural practices. Annual plastic production actually contributes a lesser amount ...

It's the first time such a glow has been spotted anywhere other than Earth. It's triggered by interactions between the sun’s light and oxygen molecules in Mars’ atmosphere. Understanding the ...