NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has captured an image of a blue jet sprite in the Earth's atmosphere, a rare phenomenon only ...

This phenomenon results from atmospheric refraction, where different wavelengths of light are bent by the atmosphere. Green light, with its shorter wavelength, can be separated from the rest of ...

A new study by researchers including those at the University of Tokyo revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial ...

A new study revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes. The findings, based on long-term atmospheric data, ...

A wildfire erupted on remote Amsterdam Island in January 2025, scorching over half its landmass and forcing the evacuation of ...

The system also poses the risk of so-called “sting jets,” atmospheric phenomena in which intense winds develop beneath low-pressure systems with the chance for extensive wind damage.

The two phenomena are useful for long-range forecasting because they can be detected months before their effects are felt. Atmospheric rivers are ribbons of water vapor in the sky that can deliver ...

What's an Atmospheric River? A Pineapple Express? AP Explains the Weather Phenomenon Atmospheric rivers are a plume of moisture that extend across the Pacific to near Hawaii. When they hit land ...

Something that has become possible to explore in detail in recent years is a range of Martian atmospheric phenomena. Naturally, a lot of the methods used for this originate from the study of our ...