Operators follow a 25-year rule: at this point, a satellite’s mission is deemed to have ended and it is lowered into the atmosphere where gravity and friction kicks in. While this helps clear space, ...

the consequences for Earth's atmosphere remain uncertain. Scientists warn that aluminium oxide particles could take 20 to 30 years to descend into the ozone layer, making it difficult to assess ...

A recent study reveals that methane emissions could unexpectedly boost ozone layer recovery, particularly in the Arctic and ...

Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

Earth does have a sodium layer in the upper atmosphere. WASP-121b has roughly ... A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, 9.5 trillion kilometres. WASP-121b is tidally locked ...

The atmosphere is like an invisible cloak enveloping our planet, a silent guardian that shapes our daily experiences in ways ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

Here’s why and how the moon can look yellow, orange or red without an eclipse and when Friday's total lunar eclipse blood moon will reach totality.

A warm front at mid-layers of the atmosphere went by us yesterday, and you likely noticed temperatures feeling a bit more ...

Everything will be over by 5:05 a.m. EDT on ... sits about a mile into the atmosphere at its lowest point. This mass of dry, dusty air is called the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), and its activity ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of a cosmic body ... observing variations in the world's cloud layers, temperature and even its chemistry.