That should be a clue to why stars appear to twinkle, since the ISS orbits 254 miles (409 km) above the Earth — and its tempestuous atmosphere ... between a star and a planet in the night ...

This phenomenon occurs between latitudes of approximately 65°44′ and 90° (north or south), although due to atmospheric refraction and ... s axial tilt. Our planet is tilted at an angle of ...

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With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...

Astronomers have described the first measurements of plasma layers within an interstellar shock wave that surrounds a pulsar.

A recent study published using data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has reported the most detailed study of the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System yet, including ...

Until now, atmospheric composition was mainly inferred from starlight filtered by planets. Webb now enables direct analysis, providing more precise data on the chemistry of these worlds. Researchers ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a British-U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating ...