Controversial trial of technology that could be used to brighten clouds is voted down in California

The city council of Alameda, California, voted early Wednesday to deny scientists permission to proceed with a controversial trial of technology that could one day be used to brighten clouds. The project, one of the first of its kind, involved spraying salt water on the deck of a former aircraft carrier moored at a city … Read more

Controversial trial of technology that could be used to brighten clouds is voted down in California

The city council of Alameda, California, voted early Wednesday to deny scientists permission to proceed with a controversial trial of technology that could one day be used to brighten clouds. The project, one of the first of its kind, involved spraying salt water on the deck of a former aircraft carrier moored at a city … Read more

James Webb Space Telescope predicts clouds of molten rock on this blisteringly hot exoplanet

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather report for a distant planet. The powerful space telescope predicts extreme wind speeds, blistering hot temperatures and blankets of rock clouds for the world, called Wasp-43b. As such, the extrasolar planet, or ‘exoplanet’, shows just how strange alien planets outside the solar system can be. … Read more