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Using images captured by satellites, researchers in the University of Oxford's Department of Physics and RAL Space have confirmed that the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano produced the highest-ever recorded plume. The colossal eruption is also the first to have been directly observed to have broken through to the mesosphere layer of the atmosphere. The results have been published today in the journal Science.

It kicks off with an episode featuring Nobel laureate Professor Barry Barish, who helped in detecting gravitational waves for the first time ever

The device is intended to study the atmosphere of Venus by spectroscopy

According to research at the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), researchers have developed a single atmospheric model that matches observations of both planets

"This is the first model to simultaneously fit observations of reflected sunlight from ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths."

On the borders of our solar system, two planets appear to be same but are very different. Scientists have now figured out the reason behind their unique shades of blue.

The two worlds would have looked the same were it not for an extra coat of haze on Uranus.

Astronomers may now understand why the similar planets Uranus and Neptune are different colors. Using observations from the Gemini North telescope, the NASA Inf

The oceans on Earth cycle through daily tides, but so does the ground beneath our feet. HowStuffWorks talks to scientists about this cool phenomenon.

Meet the Northern Lights hunters, from those who have just seen them for the first time to those who track the lights across our skies.