Have you ever looked up at the clouds in the sky and wondered how they form? Understanding cloud formation is really important for studying weather patterns and making accurate forecasts. Those clouds ...

Answer: Clouds form when sufficiently moist air is cooled to the dew point temperature of the air or below, so that either liquid water droplets form on cloud condensation nuclei, or in the case of ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Clouds are one of the fundamentals of how weather works across the world. From shelf clouds to funnel clouds, each is unique and has scientific explanations as to how it is formed and ...

SEATTLE — Even a clear sky contains layers of wet and dry air, that is, layers with different humidities. You can’t see these layers unless the humidity is high enough for the moisture in the layer to ...

Mars is a planet of extremes—towering volcanoes, vast canyons, and colossal dust storms that can wrap the planet in a reddish ...

An interesting phenomenon unfolded Monday in the sky over Houston as nearly perfect rows of clouds were spotted. Video submitted to us by a subscriber showed the unmistakable appearance of what are ...

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 ...

This artist’s illustration shows a brown dwarf that hosts an atmosphere filled with gas and dust clouds. A new study on an ...