Terahertz optics is a branch of optics and photonics that studies electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 0.1 and 1 millimetre, so-called because this corresponds to a frequency of ...

The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather balloon, could open the door for using 3D printing as a cost-effective development solution for the ever-increasing number of science and ...

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The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii increased by 3.58 parts per million in 2024 – the biggest jump since records ...

WindBorne gathers this critical data through its global constellation of long-duration, self-navigating “Global Sounding Balloons” (GSBs). GSBs can gather up to 50+ atmospheric profiles in a ...

In a recent paper published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, an international team of scientists led by Dr Wenxia Zhang at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

A basketball-sized towbody containing a camera, atmospheric sampling instruments, and support hardware is suspended on a multi-kilometer tether from a high-altitude balloon in the Venusian atmosphere, ...

Credit: Fraser Cain Another important point about the mission design is that it would last a long time—the team expects such a balloon to last in Titan's atmosphere for years. During that time ...

More information: Andrew W. Mayo et al, Detection of H 2 O and CO 2 in the Atmosphere of the Hot Super-Neptune WASP-166b with JWST, arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2501.00609 Journal information ...

The study also finds that the time it takes for water to flow through plants (referred to as transit or turnover time) and return to the atmosphere is among the fastest in the global water cycle ...

CHENNAI: Ever seen those breathtaking shots on Instagram, of colourful hot air balloons floating over picture-perfect landscapes, and thought, “That looks amazing, do I have to go all the way to ...

We will if the scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have anything to do with it. Using weather balloons for detailed checks and satellites for a more global and ...