A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar wind and our planet's magnetic field, upending a 20-year-old theory based ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...
The Moon may not have much of an atmosphere, mostly because of its weak gravitational field (whether it had a substantial atmosphere billions of years ago is debatable). But it is thought to presently ...
When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...
A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a ...
Researchers say they have gathered evidence of Mars' atmosphere sputtering for the first time. Understanding how Mars' atmosphere has changed over time will undoubtedly help us discover more about the ...
The Great Red Spot is a gigantic storm, twice the size of Earth, that has swirled for centuries. It’s just one of many on the ...