A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a ...

The process, which existed for billions of years, would eventually turn lunar soil into a long-running archive of Earth's atmosphere.

A new study analyzed atmospheric concentrations of microplastics and nanoplastics, and found that there are likely two to ...

Over the past two decades, microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have been recognized as emerging pollutants, detected ...

Hydroperoxides are strong oxidants that have a significant influence on chemical processes in the atmosphere. Now, an ...

The moon is pretty inhospitable to humans, but recent research has found that it's surprisingly possible for breathable air ...

When astronauts next go to the moon, they'll find a little bit of home waiting for them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Atoms ...

Ship engines spew particles that drift into the lower atmosphere, creating linear, reflective clouds called ship tracks, which can cool the ocean. FSU research asks whether the phenomenon could ...

Lightning flashes streak across the sky in the German countryside. One large flash is mostly horizontal, another one is vertical. Sometimes lightning bolts can stretch hundreds of miles horizontally.

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field. Rather than blocking particles, the magnetic field can funnel them along ...