A gas on Earth has also been detected in the atmosphere of Venus.While it may not signify the presence of life, the "entirely surprising" discovery of phosphine could hint at unknown processes ...

Clouds are important for Earth's energy balance because they interact with radiation in different ways. On one hand, low clouds reflect incoming solar radiation and thus cool Earth through a property ...

Antarctica plays a crucial role in Earth's climate system by reflecting solar radiation back into space. The large white ice ...

For much of his career, George Tselioudis, a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has analyzed decades of satellite observations to understand where clouds occur, whether their ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

At any given time, about two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by clouds. Overall, they make the planet much cooler than it would be without them. But as Earth gets warmer, mostly due to the rise ...

(CNN) — An invisible molecular cloud that could shed light on how stars and planets form has been detected surprisingly close to Earth. Named Eos after the Greek goddess of the dawn, the cloud of gas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The molecular cloud was detected 300 light-years from Earth, closer than any other similar, star-forming clouds. - Thomas Müller ...