When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...

A great analogy is a boiling pot of water. When a lid prevents steam from escaping, it is the equivalent of our atmosphere having a cap. As soon as the lid is removed, steam rises. Having a cap in ...

Every few days now, a giant rocket blasts a fiery trail through the atmosphere, lofting satellites into orbit, carrying out ...

The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has hit a new record, as humanity struggles to rein in emissions of greenhouse gasses from burning fossil fuels. The new record ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. After a deluge of record-breaking rainfall this week, citizens of the United Arab Emirates and Oman are still trying to return to regular life. The storms forced ...

In a final chapter of his new book, climate scientist Rob Jackson profiles several individuals he considers to be climate heroes. One is Rose Abramoff, a fellow scientist who recently encouraged ...

Could TRAPPIST-1e hold life? Webb observations show the planet may retain an atmosphere 40 light-years from Earth.

New research using NASA's powerful JWST telescope has identified a planet 41 light years away which may have an atmosphere.

A rocky, Earth-size planet located in our Milky Way galaxy may have an atmosphere around it, according to new research, ...