WASP-121b is classified as an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant that orbits very close to its host star. A single year on this ...

Around 900 light-years away, a gas giant exoplanet unlike anything in our solar system is rewriting the rules of extreme ...

Understanding Rainfall Patterns Rainfall patterns have been a cornerstone of our understanding of weather and climate. These ...

This exoplanet’s extreme climate defies all models. WASP-121b is one of the most studied exoplanets. Known for its extreme conditions—such as clouds of metal vapor—it belong ...

Around a star 880 light-years from Earth orbits one of the wildest, most extreme exoplanets we've found to date.

Astronomers have mapped, for the first time, the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere, revealing ...

Astronomers have discovered that the exoplanet WASP-121 b, located 900 light-years away, experiences extreme weather ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

widespread precipitation. A transitory ridge tonight through Tuesday will bring widely scattered mountain snow and lower elevation rain. Wednesday another upper-level trough will increase snow levels ...

One of the most devastating (and hardest to mitigate) effects of climate change for the Northern Hemisphere is the slowing of ...

The frigid stream of air that plunged down into the Central U.S. this week is breaking cold records from South Dakota to Texas, with temperatures in the single digits setting records in many locations ...

Could ocean currents ensure that global warming continues even after we have reached carbon-neutrality?  One of the concepts ...