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 ...

Sounding rockets launched from the Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, Alaska, lit up the night sky for miles ...

VOLUME IV. of the Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution contains the investigations on solar radiation made by the director, Prof. C. G. Abbot, assisted by F.

BEIJING -- A geostationary satellite network observation (GSNO) system has been developed to precisely monitor changes in ...

Chinese scientists, in collaboration with several international research institutions, have led the construction of a high-precision surface solar radiation monitoring system on a near-global scale.

That means minimal vertical motion of air, because the warmer air is already at the top, due to absorption of solar radiation. When auroral substorms inject energy and momentum into the middle and ...