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 ...

"L 98-59 c could be the first planet smaller than 2 Earth radii with a definitively detected atmosphere," a team of ...

The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

It sits over 3,000 miles below the surface, smaller than the Moon yet massive enough to play a big part in Earth’s magnetic ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

Imminent loss of NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT will severely diminish scientists’ ability to monitor ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere.

The current state of Earth's climate has no recorded precedent. The consequences of the sheer volume of anthropogenic ...

Climate change is wreaking havoc on Earth – but ... mechanism in the upper atmosphere. The same greenhouse effect warming the lower atmosphere also cools the upper layers where satellites ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath rock layers in the East Pilbara Terrane of Western Australia. The oldest ...

the consequences for Earth's atmosphere remain uncertain. Scientists warn that aluminium oxide particles could take 20 to 30 years to descend into the ozone layer, making it difficult to assess ...