A Nov. 12, 2023, Instagram post (direct link, archive link) suggests that missions to the moon are impossible because a spacecraft couldn't survive the trip through a layer of Earth's atmosphere ...

The rapid unscheduled disassembly (aka explosion) of SpaceX's Starship megarocket that rained scorching fragments of metal across the Caribbean in mid-January may have released significant amounts of ...

When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens, allowing ...

The atmospheric temperature spike, which was caused by successive geomagnetic storms, suggests the "solar maximum" is fast approaching. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Clouds fill the sky above Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas. As seen from ground level, the bottom-most clouds are flat. On an overcast day we see the clouds from the bottom ...

Scientists have been celebrating seventy years of continuous data collection of measurements from the ionosphere, the outer-most layer in the Earth’s atmosphere. On 11 January 1931, a sequence of ...

A new climate intervention strategy aims to decrease the amount of water vapor in the stratosphere by injecting it with ice-forming nuclei. The idea is that, by reducing the water content, more heat ...

Chemicals created by fiery satellite re-entries could affect Earth's climate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists have ...

ERS-2, a satellite commissioned by the European Space Agency nearly 30 years ago, is set to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere this morning—though the ESA said this poses an extremely low risk to people, ...

The booming space industry has filled the skies with rockets and satellites, but this rapid expansion comes with a hidden danger: slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. Rocket launches and burning ...

The sun may be 93 million miles away, but that does not stop its solar activity from affecting the Earth's atmosphere, a new study from Queen's University Belfast as found. The Earth's atmosphere is ...