How may a little boy know such things? Space became the permanent theme of his stories when the boy turned two years old. Once he said that he used to live on Mars himself. He says that the planet is inhabited now too, although it lost its atmosphere after a mammoth catastrophe. The Martians live in underground cities, Boriska says. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Scientists have, for the first time, detected giant twisting waves in the lower atmosphere of the Sun, shedding light on the mystery of the Sun's corona (the region around the Sun, extending more than one million kilometres from its surface) having a vastly higher temperature than its surface. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

A strange spot emerged on Venus last week, and astronomers are not sure what caused it. They hope future observations will reveal whether volcanic activity, turbulence in the planet's atmosphere, or charged particles from the sun are to blame. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Jon Lieber rumbled into spring training yesterday in his $211k Ford F650 SuperTruck, a customized blue-and-black beast, 9 feet, 2 inches tall and 25,000 pounds, with six doors, 45-inch wheels, seating for seven, a satellite dish and customized leather interior. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

Bright hazes that mysteriously appear and then disappear on Venus in a matter of days have revealed a new dynamic feature of the planet's cloudy atmosphere that is unlike anything on Earth. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Phoenix Mars Lander ended its mission last November, but scientists are still pondering the data. One intriguing discovery was a nightly cycle in which water vapor in the atmosphere collapsed into the Martian soil. One researcher thinks this may hint of dew-like films that could have supported life in a previous Martian climate. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Although many dispute that the atmosphere can support the presence of liquid water, these photos make an interesting case for it! picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

A weirdly wonderful sight appeared to astronauts aboard the International Space Station this summer — thin blue clouds hovering at the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and the void. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

We may be running out of dirt.

That's not just a problem for farmers, that carbon ends up in the atmosphere, contributing to climate change, which then exacerbates other food-growing issues such as drought or floods and extreme temperatures. Plus, degraded soils spur farmers to clear more land, contributing to the rapid destruction of the world's forests, further exacerbating climate change. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

A pale yellow dot to the human eye, Earth’s twin planet comes to life in the ultraviolet and the infrared. New images taken by instruments on board ESA’s Venus Express provide insight into the turbulent atmosphere of our neighbouring planet. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

The sunshine, rain, fog and snow of our home planet are so familiar that we find it next to impossible to imagine a different atmosphere and other forms of precipitation. Yet exoplanet COROT-7b's atmosphere is made up of the ingredients of rocks, and when a front moves in, pebbles condense out of the air and rain into lakes of molten lava below. picked by equinox 2 months ago

The name of the mission is Solar Probe+. It's designed to plunge deep into the sun's atmosphere sampling solar wind and magnetism. Launch could happen as early as 2015. Planners believe it will solve two great mysteries of astrophysics and make many new discoveries along the way. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Images of a tsunami blasting its way through the sun's lower atmosphere have been taken for the first time.

NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft captured one of the massive solar waves in action May 19, 2007, as it moved through four layers of the solar atmosphere. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An international team of astronomers has discovered that Neptune's south pole is much hotter than the rest of the planet. They have published the first temperature maps of the lowest portion of Neptune's atmosphere, which show that this warm south pole is providing an avenue for methane to escape out of the deep atmosphere. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Totally bizarre restaurant themed as a hospital.

Enjoy all the atmosphere of your local ER as you dine out picked by doggylives 1 year ago

A British advert for crisp favourite Doritos is to become the first commercial ever to be beamed into space. The cosmic stunt will see the snack giant beam a 30-second ad beyond the Earth's atmosphere and into the universe for any aliens that may be watching. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Faint, fleeting blue flashes of radiation emitted by particles that travel faster than the speed of light through the atmosphere may help scientists solve one of the oldest mysteries in astrophysics - the origin of cosmic rays—subatomic particles of matter that stream in from outer space. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A higher concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere let dragonflies sometimes grow to the size of hawks, and some millipede-like bugs reached some six feet (two meters) in length, a new study suggests. picked by neilharvey 2 years ago

A new scientific discovery that massive amounts of a greenhouse gas are spewing into the atmosphere from beneath the Arctic sea. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A tool bag lost by a spacewalking astronaut last year met its fiery demise in Earth's atmosphere Monday after months circling ever closer to the planet. picked by kakana 4 months ago