Arctic air is making New England feel colder than Anchorage, Alaska. Meteorologist Ken Mahan breaks down what’s behind the freeze and the forecast. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) The ...

They cover thousands of miles as they meander near the tropopause layer of our atmosphere. They are found in the atmosphere's upper levels and are narrow bands of wind that blow west to east.

Research has also focused on the Asian tropopause aerosol layer (ATAL ... transport surface-level air rich in NOx into the upper atmosphere, where it interacts with other atmospheric constituents ...

These are signs of a very powerful updraught which has spread out at the tropopause (the stable layer at the top of the weather-producing part of the atmosphere) and blown forward on strong winds ...

The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first time. By combining all four telescope units of the European Southern ...

Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the solar system, mapping its 3D structure for the first ...

The planet is tidally locked to its star, which means one side is always facing it and, for that reason, has a scorching ...

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

Kornmesser For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D map of an atmosphere belonging to a planet outside ...

Scientists have performed laboratory experiments to better understand how Saturn's moon Titan can maintain its unique nitrogen-rich atmosphere. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system ...