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Polar stratospheric clouds over Sweden on December 31, 2019. Credit: Göran Strand, used by permission, from the video

The eerie, unearthly sight of polar stratospheric clouds

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

In a Martian oxymoron, icy clouds could have kept the Red Planet warm enough for life to thrive

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

An incredibly long cloud forms every summer morning west of the Martian volcano Arsia Mons, reaching lengths of 1,800 kilometers. Credit: ESA/GCP/UPV/EHU Bilbao

Epic Martian cloud forms every summer day around an immense volcano

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

WASP-62b

Space forecast is clear skies, because a Jupiter-like gas giant with no upper atmosphere clouds exists

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

clouds around supermassive black hole

Why are black holes surrounded by a haze of eerie clouds, and do they eat them?

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

Wave clouds from the South Sandwich Islands create ripples downwind. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.

South Sandwich Island wave cloud interference

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

Mosaic of images from the Mars Curiosity rover showing noctilucent clouds glowing over the western horizon after sunset. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Justin Cowart

Eerie glowing clouds light up the Martian twilight

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

A Chinook Arch, a meteorological phenomenon where rising air over mountains forms a linear cloud edge, can be commonly seen in Colorado. Credit: Phil Plait

Cloudy with a chance of Chinook Arches

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

A slightly different airflow over the wick produces different patterns in the smoke and iridescent colors. Credit: Grover Schrayer

Iridescence, like a candle in the wind

By Phil Plait 4 years ago

A still from the time-lapse video Kaibab Requiem. Credit: Harun Mehmedinović

Glorious time-lapse video: Kaibab Requiem

By Phil Plait 4 years ago