The answer is a gigantic “hydraulic jump,” and researchers believe similar phenomena may occur on planets like Mars.

Unexpected find: A stellar occultation revealed gradual light dimming, suggesting a thin atmosphere around 2002 XV93, far smaller than known atmospheric worlds like Pluto. Theory challenged: Models ...

Unexpected discovery: A 300-mile-wide Kuiper Belt object was found to have an atmosphere, defying long-standing volatile retention models. How it was found: The atmosphere was detected via a gradual ...

Hybrid climate modeling has emerged as an effective way to reduce the computational costs associated with cloud-resolving models while retaining their accuracy. The approach retains physics-based ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit. The growth in the population of satellites ...

Climate models are complex, just like the world they mirror. They simultaneously simulate the interacting, chaotic flow of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, and they run on the world’s largest ...

Chinese, intl scientists uncover key mechanism of Asian Water Towers' atmospheric water cycle, helping advance regional ...