Clouds form when water vapor—an invisible gas in the atmosphere—sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, we ...

Extreme cooling near Arsia Mons may let water vapor form ice particles directly, helping explain Mars’s striking morning ...

Severe weather season in Texas has arrived and Central Texas is bracing for a couple of stormy days on the horizon this week. Knowing how thunderstorms develop and identifying cloud formations can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Low-level cumulus clouds appear to trace portions of Houston's freeway network in this satellite image from Tuesday morning.

Scientists have spotted microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, in some of the most pristine environments on Earth, from the depths of the Mariana Trench to the snow on Mt.

The physical process likely behind this cloud's formation has never been observed in a planetary atmosphere before.

Graduate students analyze cloud formation data with research scientist Jesse Anderson, using the Pi Cloud Chamber to study atmospheric processes. × Michigan Tech's Pi Cloud Chamber is giving ...

Climate models may underestimate tiny marine aerosol particles that help clouds form, potentially affecting estimates of ...

As part of the international CLOUD project at the nuclear research center CERN, researchers at PSI have identified so-called sesquiterpenes—gaseous hydrocarbons that are released by plants—as being a ...

If you've looked up over Houston lately and noticed bright rainbow-like patches near the sun, fish-scale patterns rippling across the sky, or even what appear to be holes punched clean through cloud ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Did you see it? Dozens of WAVY viewers reached out with images and videos Friday afternoon they captured of a cool cloud formation over Hampton Roads. Super Doppler 10 Chief ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tornado touches down north of Jarrell in Williamson County along Interstate 35 on May 27, 1997. A tornado is a violently ...