If there were any doubt that telescopes with the a...  ...Southworth.But different molecules in a planet's atmosphere - if it has one - absorb light in different ways,...  ...ns of planet GJ 1132b suggest that it has a thick atmosphere containing either steam and/or methane."One possi...  ...possibility is that...

Andy Brunning, a chemistry teacher in the UK, star...  ...ing created that illustrates the chemistry in the atmospheres of the planets in our solar system. The chart als...

The Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris has more than its share of celebrities: Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde are the first that come to mind. But there is a strange story behind the monument pictured here that you may...

A few animals have made the deepest depths of the ocean their natural habitat, which means they evolved to withstand enormous pressure. We only get to see these animals by remote camera, unless you happen to be James Cam...

In 1959, Marine Corps pilot William Rankin was cruising at nine miles above the earth in an F-8 Crusader combat jet when something went wrong and he had to eject. Between him and the ground was a big, black storm. After...

Scientists have discovered the reason why glob...  ...uantities. The layer of sulfur that formed in the atmosphere counteracted against warming greenhouse gases whi...

Earth is a blue planet that has red sunsets. Mars is a red planet with blue sunsets! From its vantage point on the surface of Mars, NASA's rover Opportunity relayed a spectacular series of images of a blue-hued sunset o...

Its hard to believe these little things can even fly. They are about as small as a quarter and are simply cool. Ilan Kroo and his colleagues at Stanford hope to use them for Mars exploration or atmospheric research o...