The direct air capture industry has ambitious plans to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but it’s vying for limited ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

Scientists have identified a new threat that could disrupt the commercial airspace as at least three deadly crashes have ...

The rocket's upper stage blew up at an altitude of around 90 ... The air pollution from incinerated satellites could also change how much heat the Earth's atmosphere retains, leading to possibly ...

A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the ...

Some parts of Earth's atmosphere ... an electrical current around the planet through the interaction between Earth's magnetic field lines and the motions of the ionized air of the ionosphere.

NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by ...

Reductions in air pollution have helped warm the planet by cutting down on reflective particles in the atmosphere – but researchers still disagree on the size of this effect ...

SpaceX's Starship might have released harmful air pollutants into the atmosphere, as well as shards of hot metal.

A recent multi-institutional study spearheaded by NASA has revealed the most volcanic place we know of. The planet, coined L ...

Known as Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), spacecraft at these altitudes have to battle against the significantly greater drag from the air in the upper reaches of the atmosphere than their loftier ...

The rocket's upper stage blew up at an altitude of around 90 miles ... the amount of metallic air pollution potentially produced in the accident equals that generated by one third of meteorite ...