Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles—a "mini halo"—surrounding one of the most distant galaxy ...

To understand how clouds get their shape, it helps to understand the basics of how they form. When air rises and cools, the ...

When volcanic eruptions send towering plumes of ash into the atmosphere, they don’t just darken the sky or affect local air quality. New research shows that these eruptions can actually trigger the ...

Did you see these clouds this past weekend? Some of us refer to them as "Scary Looking Clouds," for obvious reasons, but here ...

Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant exoplanets form and what their atmospheres can look like, after using the James Webb Telescope to image two young exoplanets in ...

How does a cap cloud form? A cap cloud loomed over Mount Rainier on Friday morning, as seen from the KING 5 Tacoma tower camera. To stream KING 5 on your phone, you need the KING 5 app.

The formation of cloud streets most commonly occurs over large and flat areas, like the ocean. Because Southeast Texas has very little elevation, ...

An addional graphic was also added to illustrate basic cloud formation processes. IZMIR, TURKIYE - MARCH 13: A view of cumulonimbus over Mount Nif is seen from Torbali district of ...

Environment How cloud-seeding could help us predict when it will snow. These brilliant images show how researchers in Switzerland are using weather-modification techniques to understand how ice ...