For the first time, scientists have developed a 3D ... layers. "This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works—not just on Earth, but on all ...

NASA scientists have discovered mysterious shapes in the upper layer of the atmosphere ... charged during the day when sunlight hits the Earth, causing its energy to knock electrons out of ...

Scientists have always been curious about the atmosphere surrounding us, but in the past, they could not just hop on a spaceship to see what was up there. Instead, scientists hiked up high ...

WASHINGTON — Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding cake on ...

The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements are present in different parts of the Earth’s structure. The crust is made from enormous ...

While trying to determine if it could use the entire Earth's atmosphere as a massive sensor, DARPA made a highly unusual ...

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball ...