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Marine bacteria carried by warm and moisture-laden atmospheric rivers contribute to the formation of ice clouds at unexpectedly high temperatures in high-latitude regions, research from Japan suggests ...

This experiment demonstrates how clouds form in our atmosphere through the interaction of warm and cold air. You'll create a miniature version of this natural process ...

Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing high-mass star formation. The results of this survey, called the Star Formation ...

Plants release gaseous hydrocarbons called sesquiterpenes. Scientists have now found that sesquiterpenes are a significant factor in cloud formation. Right now, there is still debate about how much ...

While this eerie NASA Hubble Space Telescope image may look ghostly, it's actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a star-forming cloud about 500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.