Data shed new light on night clouds
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A Hampton University professor is shedding new light on night-shining clouds that might be affected by climate change. Jim Russell is the lead scientist for the NASA-funded AIM satellite, the first to study the wispy "noctilucent" clouds, which only appear above Earth's poles.
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Something seems to be missing from online weather maps.
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Scientists looking into air quality and climate change have found pollutants from as far as Asia over New England and the Atlantic.
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Observing the image of a faint object that lies close to a star is a demanding task as the object is generally hidden in the glare of the star. Characterising this object, by taking spectra, is an even harder challenge.
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By AJ HOSTETLER A Hampton University-led satellite launched in April to study mysterious icy clouds has spotted them over northern Europe.
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Combining the assets of NASA and the EPA with NOAA's weather information is at the heart of a new NASA project called IDEA:  Infusing Satellite Data into Environmental Air Quality Applications. IDEA will improve forecasters' ability to track regional pollution and make air quality forecasts.
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured for the first time enough light from planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, to identify signatures of molecules in their atmospheres.
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Heliodisplay projects a convincing mid-air display.
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By Matt Krupnick, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 17--BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley scientists will wait at least another day to study the lights in the northern sky.
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For the first time, NASA scientists have used a shrewd spaceborne detective to track the origin and movement of water vapor throughout Earth's atmosphere. This perspective is vital to improve the understanding of Earth's water cycle and its role in weather and climate.
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lives in the eastern part of the United  States or Canada and gazing skyward on Tuesday evening may have noticed  something strange in their west-northwest sky.
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Scientists now have their first direct evidence of changing weather patterns on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
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Two monster cosmic clouds could hold the solution to the mystery of the missing matter -- immense amounts of celestial stuff that somehow has eluded detection.
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The world of science has been busy all through 2004. The probing eye looked in all directions. It looked at the skies, at the ground beneath our feet, at the wings of a butterfly and at the molecules of water.
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The Cassini spacecraft&#39;s close flyby of Saturn&#39;s mysterious moon Titan this week revealed clouds that will give clues to its weather, but the pass left scientists still puzzled about its surface.
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Stargazers were able to catch a fleeting glimpse of a total eclipse of the moon in the early hours today. The clouds cleared to allow a rusty ball to be seen, despite bad weather, between 3.23am and 4.44am.
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As winter begins, the early morning sky is loaded with planets. Some are unmistakably bright, but a few will require some sleuthing.