Weather and Atmospheric Phenomena

The layers of gas that are gravitationally bound above the surface of a planet, moon, or outer layers of a star.

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 The Solar System: Inner Planets: Earth We know our world as an abode for life. Earth is...

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 Moving Clouds Clouds that move with the seasons Sunday, May 6, 2012
Humid Skies Measuring the humidity on a cold world Saturday, May 5, 2012
Titan Cold rains and dark lakes on a chilly world Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Summertime The good old summertime Friday, March 30, 2012
Warming Mars Warming up a desert planet Sunday, February 19, 2012
Planetary Flashes Lighting up the clouds of Venus Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Interstellar Skies Looking for clear interstellar skies Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Watching Earthshine Watching the dark side of the Moon Monday, September 5, 2011
Evening Lineup A powerful early-season storm Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Soggy Moon Changing weather on an icy moon Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Moon and Companions Follow the ice-crystal road Saturday, April 16, 2011
Lightning Shows III Firing beams of antimatter Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Lightning Shows II Dangerous outbursts from big storms Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Lightning Shows Lighting up the sky above a storm Monday, March 21, 2011
Interesting Planets Interesting worlds in other star systems Friday, February 11, 2011
More Moon and Jupiter Painting stripes on a giant planet Monday, February 7, 2011
Earth at Perihelion Soaking up some extra sunlight Monday, January 3, 2011
Evening Color Painting the evening sky Saturday, October 16, 2010
Moon and Saturn Lighting the clouds of Saturn from the inside Friday, July 16, 2010
Moon and Mars Blowing across an alien landscape Thursday, July 15, 2010

Featured Images

Artist's concept of a dark storm on the brown dwarf 2MASS 2139
 Stormy Skies Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Composite view of a giant storm on Saturn from the Cassini spacecraft
 Stormy Skies Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Lightning strikes near space shuttle Endeavour, April 28, 2011
 Close Call Monday, May 2, 2011
Storm clouds swirl through Saturn's atmosphere in an image from Cassini
 Artistic Storm Monday, March 28, 2011

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