Even gargantuan Jupiter, with its whirling superstorms and volatile temperatures, has a soft side. A team of researchers ...

Earth’s beautiful northern and southern lights are the result of auroras: when high-energy charged particles from the sun hit ...

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 ...

Most satellites orbit in the thermosphere, a layer of Earth’s upper atmosphere. Naturally, this layer expands and contracts ...