How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we ...
Scientists and amateur astronomers have teamed up to upend a long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia — a pretty foundational revelation about the gas ...
Atmospheric scientists show proposed 'geoengineering' effort to remove methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere could worse air quality while providing minimal climate benefits.
Titan is the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere. Now we have a very good idea of how this dense atmosphere formed.
NEW ORLEANS — When astronomer Jackie Faherty peered into space using information from the James Webb Space Telescope, there was something she couldn't take her eyes off of. Brown dwarf W1935, a ...
Dr. Kelly Miller from the South West Research Institute and Lead author of a paper about Titan’s atmosphere said “While just 40% the diameter of the Earth, Titan has an atmosphere 1.5 times as dense ...
The Borealis Mud Volcano, a 7,000-year-old deep-sea formation in the Arctic Ocean, supports marine life and aids climate ...
Methane is a compound close compoundA pure substance made from two or more elements which are chemically bonded in a fixed ratio. containing two elements close elementA pure substance which is ...