Earth's layers can be assigned according to chemical ... and it shields us from harmful radiation from space and makes our planet habitable. And if we understand better how these things work ...

Being able to study the interactions of these layers vertically and around ... ground level up to the lower edge of space, about 110 kilometers above Earth's surface. The region between about ...

Rocket launches have connected the world, revolutionised earth and space sciences, and filled pop star Katy Perry with love.

NASA is launching rockets from a remote Pacific island to study mysterious, high-altitude cloud-like structures that can disrupt critical communication systems. The mission, called Sporadic-E ...

Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

The planet Mars is home to thick layers of clay that can span hundreds of feet. Since they need water to form, these outcrops ...

Humankind will soon lose a great deal of vigilance over the ozone layer, which shields life on Earth from harmful solar radiation. The impending loss of NASA’s Aura and the Canadian Space Agency ...

A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy ...

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is ...

allowing a layer of ozone in the stratosphere to absorb most of the harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation streaming in from space, preventing it from reaching Earth’s surface. Ozone is also ...

Spectacular new images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope gave astronomers ... a nebula in the Taurus constellation about 1,500 light-years from Earth, NASA said in a news release.