Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere will change the way geomagnetic storms impact Earth, with ...

A physics phenomenon discovered 150 years ago allows tiny objects to levitate using just sunlight – and now it could enable ...

Between 50 and 100 kilometers (30–60 miles) above the Earth's surface lies a largely unstudied stretch of the atmosphere, ...

Photophoresis occurs when gas molecules bounce more forcefully off the warm side of an object than the cool side, creating ...

The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is ...

As another world around TRAPPIST-1 shows no signs of an atmosphere, astronomers urge us not to give up hope for an Earth-like atmosphere on one of the other worlds in the system.

Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known to orbit Trappist-1, a red dwarf star. A new ...

One such planet, known as exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d, has intrigued astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our ...

Harvard SEAS and University of Chicago researchers have tested and validated lightweight nanofabricated structures that can passively float in the mesophere, which is about 45 miles above Earth’s ...

In addition to striving for the sky, SpaceX’s Starship has once again captivated the globe with its spectacular return ...

The sight of a meteor racing through the sky is a spectacular one, but a meteor is more than just a streak of light. There's ...