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To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the water vapor it holds condenses into tiny water droplets or ice crystals. If ...
On a road trip from Phoenix to Washington D.C., you may notice the sky is falling — or at least the clouds are. We often admire the shapes and sizes of those overhead puffs, but the height of ...
Rocket launches can create eerie patterns in the sky, from undulating bright-blue spirals to glowing “jellyfish” blobs. Here’s why they happen and how to spot them.
"This 'question mark' shape figure perfectly exemplifies projection effects when looking at the sky," she adds. "What we measure is a 2D image of a Universe that is filled with objects spanning ...
Rocket launches can create eerie patterns in the sky, from undulating bright-blue spirals to glowing “jellyfish” blobs. Here’s why they happen and how to spot them.