atmosphere

(CNN) — Remnants of a massive Chinese rocket that was descending uncontrollably back to Earth reentered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean at roughly 12:45 p.m. ET Saturday, the US Space Command said on Twitter.The…

Sequence of images from Solar Dynamic Observatory in 171 wavelength of the Venus transit, merged together to show the path of Venus across the sun. Credit: NASA/SDO…

ESO/L. Calçada Back in 2020, astronomers discovered an unusual star system just 1,000 light years from Earth. However, two different teams disagreed on the…

The number of planets discovered beyond our Solar System has grown exponentially in the past twenty years, with 4,919 confirmed exoplanets (and another 8,493 awaiting confirmation)! Combined with improved instruments and data analysis,…

Key changes deep in the core of Mars might have led to the planet losing its magnetic field early in its history, a new study suggests.Today, Mars is a planet with a thin atmosphere that is unable to support substantial running water on…

Astronomers have just peered into the atmosphere of one of the most extreme exoplanets ever discovered.Although it's absolutely not habitable (at least as we understand it), the exoplanet WASP-189b is the first in which scientists have…

Twenty years ago, even 10 years ago, C.J. Stroud wouldn’t have been let out of the state of California. He wouldn’t have been allowed to take the first plane out of Los Angeles International Airport.That was the kind of pull that USC and…

PLAIN TWP. – When it comes to making and selling wine, Melissa and Matt Smith aren't what might be considered traditional.While most wineries are found in the palatial countryside, Forever Urban Craft Winery started off in downtown Akron…

During a close flyby of the planet Venus in July 2020, NASA's Parker Solar Probe detected something odd.As it dipped just 833 kilometers (517 miles) above the Venusian surface, the probe's instruments recorded a low-frequency radio…

Enlarge / Artist's conception of the Earth-sized planet and its atmosphere. The atmosphere most planets start with is often not the same as the one they end up with. Most of the gas…