Global Distribution and Formation Efficiency of Cirrus Clouds from Different Mechanisms (a) The frequency of the different cirrus cloud formation mechanisms. (b) The frequency of formation efficiency ...

A rare NASA satellite image shows 10 sharply defined “dark voids” above Heard Island, a volcanic peak in the southern Indian Ocean. Formed by von Kármán vortices bent nearly 90 degrees by fierce ...

A detailed study of a cosmic mystery known as "The Accident" has now provided new insight into the formation of clouds on ...

When a volcano erupts, it can spew ash high into the atmosphere—inserting aerosols right where clouds typically form. How exactly these aerosols impact cloud formation has long been a mystery to ...

Severe weather throws school bus up against high school in Alabama ...

People along the Antrim coast woke up to unusual cloud formations on Friday, reminiscent of scenes from a science-fiction film. Lenticular clouds combined with the morning sunrise to create these ...

Deep in space, an ancient brown dwarf nicknamed "The Accident" has revealed the first-ever detection of a molecule that ...

An Irish scientist has discovered the secret behind miserable weather - seaweed helps to make clouds. Prof Colin O'Dowd has found that vapours from the ocean produce clouds - and the breakthrough will ...

The formation of stars is intricately linked to the complex structure and dynamics of molecular clouds—vast, cold, and dense regions in the interstellar medium that primarily consist of molecular ...