On June 24, 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing multiple mysterious, gleaming circular objects along the crest of the Cascade Mountains in Washington. It was one of the most famous UFO ...

Cirrus and cirrocumulus clouds are needed for fallstreak clouds to form and those are more common in Florida during winter ...

With a ceiling set at 3000 feet, all the clouds confined to that limited altitude, flying above it reveals the possibility of encountering another layer or no clouds at all. Why do clouds stratify at ...

With Michigan's changeable weather, residents get to see a lot of different cloud formations — fluffy cumulus, wispy cirrus and dark, threatening cumulonimbus — and recognizing what weather each type ...

Clouds thin out leading to more sunshine during the afternoon. High: 66°. Tonight: Partly cloudy and cooler. Areas of dense ...

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For years, scientists have been confused by the effect that solar eclipses have on clouds. Not all clouds, mind you. But, whenever a solar eclipse happens, and the sun is obscured even just 15 percent ...

Clouds of sand can condense, grow and disappear in some extraterrestrial atmospheres. A new look at old data shows that clouds made of hot silicate minerals are common in celestial objects known as ...

In a study published today in Science, researchers say they have solved a climate enigma — the inexplicable surge in global temperature in 2023, rising faster than climate models predicted. By ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you're in the northern hemisphere and it's been a clear ...

Huge bubbles of plasma billowing out from the Milky Way’s center might contain scraps from all over the galaxy — and beyond. A new look at gas clouds in the galaxy’s Fermi bubbles shows that the ...