The winter season can bring multiple types of precipitation, most notably snow and sleet. However, one precipitation type ...

It rains on the Sun, and thanks to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), we finally know why. Unlike water that falls from the sky on Earth, solar rain happens in the ...

Did you know it rains on the Sun? Not water, of course. It's solar rain, which occurs in the Sun's corona, the outermost layer composed of intensely hot plasma. This phenomenon involves cooler, ...

With a wintry weekend ahead, let’s break down the key differences between sleet and freezing rain—two forms of icy precipitation that can create dangerous travel conditions. A mix of sleet and ...

It rains on the sun, and thanks to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA), we finally know why. Unlike water that falls from the sky on Earth, solar rain happens in the ...