Atmospheric circulation governs weather and climate, but it also carries angular momentum. When winds shift or mass ...

The amount of dust in the atmosphere has fallen over the last 20 years, recent research shows. Could that explain why the ...

Solar storms can increase drag on satellites. Now that drag is helping an astronomer track the atmosphere.

HD 3167 b circles its star once every 0.96 days, a year that lasts less than an Earth day, and a measurement from the James ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may ...

Earth's atmosphere may be seeding the Moon with water, as hydrogen and oxygen ions could bond into water molecules in lunar soil.

Imagine for a moment the atmosphere is a kitchen sink. Wildfires, industry emissions, plants and microbes dump their grimy dishes into it in the form of noxious and planet-heating gases. The only ...

LHS 1140b is a potentially rocky exoplanet in its star’s habitable zone. It’s an intriguing target in the search for worlds ...

HD 3167 b is hot enough to melt rock, yet strangely cool for a planet hugging its star. Scientists think an atmosphere may ...

Pluto’s atmosphere may finally be thinning as it moves farther from the sun, with observations suggesting atmospheric pressure has fallen by as much as 16%.

Since Mariner 4 flew by Mars more than five decades ago, scientists have understood the red planet to be a cold, dry world. Now they know why. After looking at the first six months of data collected ...