A global effort to better understand moisture-laden rivers in the sky, like those currently battering the West Coast, will ...

A powerful atmospheric river has drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain over the past week.

Study finds Earth's ancient atmosphere may have produced essential sulfur biomolecules like cysteine, challenging theories on ...

Scientists have revealed how gold’s atomic structure shifts when the metal is crushed under pressures 10 million times greater than Earth’s atmosphere. The study, led by the Lawrence Livermore ...

Atmospheric pressure, specifically the altimeter setting, is the most critical yet underappreciated weather element for pilots to accurately determine altitude, especially in mountainous regions and ...

Artist’s illustration of gold compressed to ultra-high pressures by laser pulses at the National Ignition Facility.Jacob Long/LLNL Researchers have captured the most detailed look yet at how gold’s ...

Researchers at KRISS observed water’s rapid freeze–melt cycles under ultrahigh pressure and discovered Ice XXI, the first new ice phase found in decades. Using advanced high-pressure tech and ...

What happens to the body in the deep sea? You need oxygen to survive, but too much oxygen can be deadly. If you rise to the surface too quickly, nitrogen bubbles can form in your body and kill you.

GOLDEN, CO — The surge in megasatellite constellations is creating problems beyond amplifying the Earth-circling space debris, according to new research. Reentering spacecraft and rocket stages may ...

Abstract: The radio occultation experiment employs the spacecraft and ground station radio systems to conduct radio occultation of the atmosphere and ionosphere to obtain vertical profiles of ...

Physicists are fond of Gedankenexperimente—thought experiments that are difficult or impossible to perform in the real world. Schrödinger’s cat is a well-known example of a thought experiment, used to ...