Curious about whether the clouds you see mean sunny skies, roaring storms or a stunning sunset? Here’s your guide to the ...

Although most hailstone growth takes place at temperatures between 14 and -22 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 and -30 degrees Celsius ...

To celebrate Hubble's 35th anniversary, ESA/Hubble released a breathtaking new image of the star-forming region NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. This cosmic nursery, packed with thousands of ...

A team of scientists has cracked open one of meteorology's enduring mysteries—how hailstones grow inside storm clouds—using ...

A single cloud can be so dense that one large cumulus (the fluffy, cotton-candy-like ones) can weigh 1,000 tonnes. The shapes of these formations — and where in the atmosphere they end up (high ...

A giant molecular cloud has just been discovered in the Milky Way. This structure, located 23,000 light-years away, weighs the equivalent of 160,000 times our Sun. Using the Green Bank ...

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