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 ...

The layers of the atmosphere shown to scale and a discussion of what happens at each layer. The layers in order from the ground up: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and the ...

The atmosphere has four layers. The troposphere is the layer closest to the surface of the Earth. Next is the stratosphere, which is where commercial airplanes fly. Further out is the mesosphere ...

The Earth’s atmosphere is the relatively thin layer of gases surrounding the planet. The atmosphere is held close to Earth by gravity, but the higher you go away from the Earth’s surface ...