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An invisible stream of particles from space helps assess atmospheric density. Scientists have shown that even a small muon detector can significantly improve hurricane predictions. This method provides a three-dimensional picture unattainable with ordinary pressure sensors.

Ordinary satellite lasers can't tell water from ice in clouds because of bright glare. A quantum filter highlights this shine, turning interference into data, and makes it possible to precisely determine what a cloud is made of.

Climate models err due to small clouds. Scientists trained a neural network on detailed calculations and transferred its 'experience' to the global scale. Cloud-free sky physics is computed classically — the method works at any level of greenhouse gases.

After the impact that created the Moon, Earth became a liquid ball. Gravitational 'kneading' heated the planet, prolonging the magma ocean's life from 30 to 500 million years—depending on oxygen levels. Water vapor trapped heat, and weak tides enriched the air with hydrogen. This paints a picture of

Algorithms sift through millions of options, suggesting new ideas to scientists—from medicines to distant planets. Robotic labs then test these hypotheses immediately, making science faster and more accessible.

When the Solar System enters dense interstellar clouds, the Sun's protective bubble shrinks. The intensified flow of cosmic rays spawns beryllium-10 in the atmosphere, which settles in ocean sediments and ice. Studying these layers uncovers when and which clouds the Earth encountered, letting us rea

New research settles an old debate: ice ages are controlled not by complex chemistry but by sunlight. A simple model links the flow of solar heat to ice volume, accurately reproducing 800,000 years of data. The ocean, like a mute, dampens the slow 400,000-year cycle, making the 100,000-year cycle th

Scientists have trained the satellite program to recognize methane clouds like a bloodhound. This will help fix leaks faster and slow the planet's heating.

In Southampton, the thinnest graphite flake has been turned into an ultrasoft gravitational antenna. Levitating above magnets, it shifts by nanometers under tidal forces, and a laser interferometer converts this into a precise signal. The instrument distinguishes lunar and solar contributions, achie

The bright flash of a bolide is just the first act. After an asteroid or comet fades, dark flight begins: the invisible drift of fragments to the ground. That's when wind sows chaos, shifting the impact point by hundreds of meters. The team of Devillepoix and Cupák deployed the WRF model to calculat