Have you ever wanted to make a discovery in space? A new citizen science project led by a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota allows volunteers to help their team learn more about the ...

Noctilucent or night-shining clouds are rare, high-altitude clouds that glow with a blue, silvery hue at dusk or dawn when the sun shines on them from below the horizon. These ice clouds typically ...

A Red-Planet crowdsourcing project just launched on Zooniverse. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Fogs, plumes and other types of ...

The Cloudspotting team used data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to observe when and where water and carbon dioxide clouds cluster over the Red Planet. When you purchase through links on our site ...

At the end of 2020, planetary scientist Marek Slipski found himself glued to his computer, spending countless hours—more than he’d like to admit, he says—poring over image after image of the Martian ...

The U.S. Weather Bureau has little faith in weather control. Last year the weathermen announced that they had tried seeding clouds with dry ice and found the trick does not work (TIME, Dec. 6). Last ...

Article reviewed by Dana Cortade, PhD from Align to Innovate. Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Automation is a multidisciplinary strategy that enables the operation of ...