The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, ...

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

New research reveals ozone in the lower atmosphere in particular contributed to warming in the Southern Ocean - which absorbs much of the planet's excess heat - more than previously realized. The ...

Earth's lower atmosphere recorded its warmest January on record last month, according to data from both the University of Alabama, Hunstville (UAH) and Remote Sensing Systems (Figure 1).

Lower Atmosphere Of Pluto Revealed Date: March 3, 2009 Source: ESO Summary: Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have gained valuable new insights about the atmosphere of the dwarf planet ...

But it made little sense for the lower atmosphere to be cooling even as the surface warmed, suggesting the problem lay with the data. The jury was out until the issue could be resolved one way or ...

Virgin's spacecraft features unique hinged wings that rotate upward after engine shutdown to slow and stabilize the craft for re-entry. Once back in the lower atmosphere, the wings rotated back ...

Jupiter’s third-largest moon Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system. New radio images by the ALMA telescope array show the direct effect of this volcanic activity on the ...

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have gained valuable new insights about the atmosphere of the dwarf planet Pluto. The scientists found unexpectedly large amounts of methane in the ...