Troposphere: This layer extends from the Earth's surface up to 5-9 miles. This is where we live and where most weather occurs. Roughly 75% of the atmosphere's mass and most of its water vapor are ...

Lichen from the Mojave Desert has stunned scientists by surviving months of lethal UVC radiation, suggesting life could exist ...

Between 50 and 1,000 kilometers above our heads is the ionosphere, a layer of Earth's upper atmosphere consisting of charged ...

Earth’s atmosphere comprises multiple layers, each with its own role. Above the troposphere, Earth ’s innermost layer (which contains Earth’s oxygen and houses what we call weather), is the ...

Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS ...

The Earth has a fascinating atmosphere that contains several unique layers. The Troposphere is the layer that we live in, it starts at the surface but the height often varies to about 9-12 miles up.

Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so ...

Earth’s atmosphere comprises multiple layers, each with its own role. Above the troposphere, Earth ’s innermost layer (which contains Earth’s oxygen and houses what we call weather), is the ...