Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With Michigan's changeable weather, residents get to see a lot of different cloud formations — fluffy cumulus, wispy cirrus and ...

This video captures rare and unusual cloud formations that create striking and unfamiliar patterns in the sky. A closer look at atmospheric conditions reveals how weather systems can produce dramatic ...

New observations and simulations by a research team led by MPE show that a massive binary star near the center of our Galaxy ...

A cloud spotted in the Cincinatti area has made the news in the area, as locals couldn’t stop talking about it on social media, and experts struggled to explain it. Photos of the cloud in question ...

The ice-giant Neptune, the most distant and third largest planet in our solar system, is a distinctive dark blue ball of gas, which may appear calm but is actually throttled by a chaotic atmosphere.

June and July are the best months of the year to spot noctilucent—or “night-shining”—clouds at the edge of space in the Northern Hemisphere, and some stargazers are already reporting and recording ...

This video is no longer available. What in the world was that odd, funnel-like cloud seen near the U.S. Capitol building during a round of thunderstorms in D.C. early on Tuesday afternoon? Photos of ...

Meteorologist Kaitlyn Jesmonth was getting ready for work when she happened to glance out her window. In the skies over Champaign, Illinois, were wonky, wavelike clouds — reminiscent of the ocean. “It ...

The 10 basic cloud types are classified by height (high, mid, low) and predict different weather patterns. Cloud names incorporate roots like cirro, strato, cumulo, nimbo, or alto, based on their ...