Cloud physics encompasses the study of processes that govern the formation, evolution and dissipation of clouds. Central topics include the microphysical mechanisms of droplet and ice crystal ...

Alexandria Johnson does hard science on the most nebulous of subjects: clouds. As an atmospheric scientist and assistant professor of practice in Purdue University’s College of Science, she studies ...

Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present simultaneously for the process to begin. There are two ingredients needed for clouds to form: water and nuclei. The first ...

A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object—a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud that is considered a "relic" or remnant of early galaxy ...

Alexandria Johnson does hard science on the most nebulous of subjects: clouds. As an atmospheric scientist and assistant professor of practice in Purdue University’s College of Science, she studies ...

The cleanest chamber ever built is allowing researchers at CERN to track the microscopic processes governing cloud formation, finds Matthew Chalmers Clean climate The CLOUD experiment is sensitive to ...

MOLINE, Ill — Perhaps one of the strangest appearing things in the sky you'll ever witness, this unique cloud formation comes in different sizes and shapes. It is, however, usually caused by the same ...

A new type of lidar is allowing physicists to study cloud tops at a resolution 100 to 1,000 times higher than before. Reading time 3 minutes If you’ve ever been on a plane, you’re probably familiar ...

The first few drips of a rain shower are usually a sign that ‘supercooled’ droplets in the cloud above have started to freeze. Supercooled water exists as a liquid below the normal freezing point of ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An impressive shelf cloud formation was seen over much of Hampton Roads late on Saturday afternoon. That might have people wondering what exactly causes these visually stunning ...

With Michigan's changeable weather, residents get to see a lot of different cloud formations — fluffy cumulus, wispy cirrus and dark, threatening cumulonimbus — and recognizing what weather each type ...