The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor and thick clouds on LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune locked in a ...

But there are many locations on the planet that restrict fly overs, and the cost for regular over-flights by aircraft adds up quickly. Albedo's first big test may come within the next week and the ...

Uranus radiates more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies find — just as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune do.

Ice is diminishing rapidly in both polar zones, changing planetary albedo, and methane outgassing from the Arctic is increasing greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere. The Arctic in particular is ...

This collection highlights the most downloaded* Nature Communications papers in Earth, environmental and planetary sciences ... warming due to changes in albedo. This paper maps albedo and ...

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance of ...

An idea that calls for the creation of inflatable starshades for telescopes has been recognized by NASA as part of the ...

On decadal timescales, the loss of Arctic ice favors the climate of the south-west of the United States -- and California in particular -- becoming drier on average, especially in winter. This ...

With the election campaign in full swing, what progress towards emission reductions under Labor? Are we better informed and better prepared?

The planet glows brightly at magnitude –0.2 and ... altering the shape and albedo (reflectivity) of the feature. Mars is now 11” wide and roughly 0.9 astronomical unit from Earth.

The albedo of the asteroid not only tells us about the composition ... the window for sending a spacecraft to try and divert it away from our planet, as successfully demonstrated by Nasa's Dart ...