Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS, ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged. The key to unlocking the secrets of distant planets starts right here on Earth.

What if one of the strongest signs of global warming is actually part of Earth's atmosphere getting colder? While ...

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Every breath a person takes draws from a gas mixture that has barely shifted in recorded history: roughly 78 percent nitrogen ...

Astronomers have detected over 5,800 confirmed exoplanets. One extreme class is ultra-hot Jupiters, of particular interest because they can provide a unique window into planetary atmospheric dynamics.

The oldest evidence of Earth's ancient atmosphere may be lurking in rocks from the moon, a new study suggests. That's the takeaway from a new analysis of moon rocks that Apollo astronauts brought back ...

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Methane is a greenhouse gas with dual personalities. It heats Earth’s atmosphere 28 times as potently as carbon dioxide, gram for gram. But its absorption of the sun’s radiation high in the atmosphere ...

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