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  2. Noctilucent cloud - Wikipedia

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    Noctilucent clouds (NLCs), or night shining clouds, [1] are tenuous cloud-like phenomena in the upper atmosphere of Earth. When viewed from space, they are called polar mesospheric clouds (PMCs) , detectable as a diffuse scattering layer of water ice crystals near the summer polar mesopause .

  3. Interstellar cloud - Wikipedia

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    An interstellar cloud is generally an accumulation of gas, plasma, and dust in our and other galaxies. But differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser-than-average region of the interstellar medium, the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy.

  4. List of cloud types - Wikipedia

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    Clouds of the genus nimbostratus tend to bring constant precipitation and low visibility. This cloud type normally forms above 2 kilometres (6,600 ft) [10] from altostratus cloud but tends to thicken into the lower levels during the occurrence of precipitation. The top of a nimbostratus deck is usually in the middle level of the troposphere.

  5. Catch the International Space Station over Columbus tonight ...

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    The last time to catch the International Space Station over Columbus this week is Wednesday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...

  6. Lists of Cosmos episodes - Wikipedia

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    List of Cosmos: Possible Worlds episodes, which first aired in 2020. This page was last edited on 6 April 2024, at 03:51 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

  7. Lists of astronomical objects - Wikipedia

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    List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun; List of Solar System objects by size; Lists of geological features of the Solar System; List of natural satellites (moons) Lists of small Solar System bodies; Lists of comets; List of meteor showers; Minor planets. List of minor planets. List of exceptional asteroids; List of minor planet ...

  8. Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus's clouds - AOL

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    The phosphine could be coming from some kind of microbes, probably single-cell ones, inside those sulfuric acid droplets, living their entire lives in the 10-mile-deep (16-kilometer-deep) clouds ...

  9. Cloud - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. Visible mass of liquid droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere "Nephology" redirects here. Not to be confused with Nephrology. For other uses, see Cloud (disambiguation). Cloudscape over Borneo, taken by the International Space Station Part of a series on Weather ...