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 ...

While trying to determine if it could use the entire Earth's atmosphere as a massive sensor, DARPA made a highly unusual ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

Thanks to these studies, we now know the five layers of the atmosphere are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere ... radiation and keep temperatures on Earth habitable for all living beings.

[Photo: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images] BY Grace Snelling In the past five years, more satellites have been launched into Earth’s atmosphere than the preceding 60 years ...

An unexpected consequence of climate change known as upper atmospheric cooling has finally been confirmed by satellite sensors. While proving the accuracy of our previous climate models, the ...