First attempts of artificial rain or snowfall are said to have been made in 1946, when American chemist and meteorologist ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As we dive into the cooler months, there's always that chance we can see rain, snow, sleet or even freezing rain as the days start to get colder. But there's a reason why we could end ...

Winter storms can bring all sorts of precipitation: snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain or even plain old rain. Why so much variety? The answer involves temperature changes as the precipitation falls.

Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have discovered why it rains on the Sun. Solar rain, made of cooling plasma, forms rapidly during solar flares, a mystery now solved by modeling time-varying ...