Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.' ...

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

There are 20 amino acids that create the proteins required for life on our planet — and scientists have now found exactly 14 ...

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A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years — and pinpoints why.

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus ...

The climate has changed in the past, long before humans, so how do scientists know our recent warming is caused by man?

Weather, climate and hydrometeorology forecasts require accurate surface-atmosphere coupled modeling, but arbitrary reference heights have been used in computing surface turbulent fluxes. A team of ...