A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The ...

The upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket treated stargazers in Europe to a surprise display on the night of June 23, when ...

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

How do you measure climate change? One way is by recording temperatures in different places over a long period of time. While ...

Covering the western Pacific Ocean region, including Australia, is the Japanese Meteorology Agency's Himawari 9 satellite.

A striking image of a massive bloom of phytoplankton—microscopic plant-like organisms that often float near the surface of the ocean—has been captured from space in the Gulf of Maine. Coccolithophores ...

Learn more about albedo – the simple measurement that has a vast impact on our planet and influences the climate ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

Earth's climate is changing faster than expected, due to growing imbalance in the planet's energy budget, according to new ...