A layer of charged particles, called the ionosphere, surrounds Earth, extending from about 50 to 400 miles above the surface of the planet. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Over time, they noticed that the atmosphere had distinct layers. By the early 1900s, scientists had identified major layers of the atmosphere based on how the temperature changed at different ...

This layer of the atmosphere is notoriously difficult to study, but new research sheds light on its mysterious processes.

But climate researchers now say that the protective shield, around 20 miles above ... of ozone gas in the atmosphere. Their ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) per hour, but they are not the strongest in our solar system. The ...

Auroras appear red. In doing so it was able to examine, for the first time, higher-altitude layers of the giant planet’s atmosphere about 15-30 miles (25-50 kilometers) above the cloud tops.