A team led by researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to ...

Researchers have shed new light on the role played by carbon dioxide in the warming and cooling of planet Earth. A team from ...

Here's everything you need to know about these spectacular displays. When interplanetary debris falls into Earth's atmosphere, it burns up and creates dazzling meteor showers, like the Perseid ...

The atmosphere not only nourishes life on Earth, but it also protects it: It's thick enough that many meteorites burn up before impact from friction, and its gases—such as ozone—block DNA ...

This effect is important: without the CO 2 that naturally exists in the atmosphere, Earth might be too cold to support human life. However, the atmosphere is very sensitive to changing levels of CO 2.

Trappist-1 b may experience intense volcanism An Earth-sized planet in a star system very similar to our solar system may have an atmosphere after all, suggests new research using the James Webb ...

A massive burst of gamma rays produced by the explosion of a star almost two billion light-years away was so powerful that it changed Earth’s atmosphere, according to scientists. Gamma rays are ...

Explore facts about our solar system's fastest planet ... The lack of tilt also means that the planet does not experience yearly seasons like Earth. Mercury has little atmosphere, but what it does ...

Why it's incredible: The volcano's crater lake is as acidic as car battery acid, yet it still hosts life. Kawah Ijen is a giant, active volcano on the island of Java with a crater that contains ...