Scientists have always been curious about the atmosphere surrounding us, but in the past, they could not just hop on a spaceship to see what was up there. Instead, scientists hiked up high ...

It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, wrapped tightly around our planet. In fact, the atmosphere consists of multiple layers, with some scientists of the opinion that the atmosphere ...

Many human activities release polluting gases into the atmosphere ... These layers each have different structures and properties. Rock types There are three types of rocks on Earth, igneous ...

A layer of charged particles, called the ionosphere, surrounds Earth, extending from about 50 to 400 miles above the surface of the planet. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

little or no oxygen a large amount of carbon dioxide water vapour small amounts of other gases, such as ammonia and methane Scientists cannot be sure about the early atmosphere since it formed so ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth ... stellar radiation blows their atmosphere away, removing much of ...

Auroras are possible over the U.S. tonight (March 25) as a "moderate" geomagnetic storm hits Earth. UPDATE: The Northern ...

How Do Satellites Re-Enter Earth’s Atmosphere? When satellites like Starlink reach the end of their operational life, they are designed to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere to prevent space debris ...