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DARPA Tried Using the Earth's Atmosphere as a Giant Sensor and Detected Something Interesting
While trying to determine if it could use the entire Earth's atmosphere as a massive sensor, DARPA made a highly unusual ...
‘Space junk’ is clogging the atmosphere—and it’s going to make weather forecasts and internet access much worse
A new study from MIT found that climate change will make space junk pile up—causing ripple effects across everything from ...
Stunning photos show the eclipse from two perspectives: College Station and the moon
Stunning images taken from Texas and ... any sunlight that’s not blocked by the Earth is filtered through a thick part of the ...
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'Microlightning' between water droplets could have sparked life on Earth. Here's how
Zare and his colleagues sprayed water vapor into a chamber filled with a mix of gases meant to mimic early Earth's atmosphere, around 2 billion years ago: a noxious blend of ammonia, methane ...
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NASA Spacecraft Named Lucy Skims Earth's Atmosphere on Its Way to Explore Asteroids Orbiting Jupiter
Lucy spacecraft, which passed 200 miles above the Earth's surface ... Lucy's appearance in our atmosphere, people across the world were encouraged by NASA to share whatever images they can grab ...
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The Earth and atmosphere
Most of the atmosphere is nitrogen (80%) with around 20% oxygen and other trace gases. The Earth has a layered structure made up of the crust, the mantle, the outer core and the inner core.