When a satellite disintegrates in the upper atmosphere, it does not just disappear. Rather, it deposits a record of aluminum ...

Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

The ozone layer’s status today. In a report released in early 2023, scientists keeping track of the ozone layer noted that Earth's atmosphere is recovering.The ozone layer will be restored to ...

The dusty leftovers of Cluster Salsa have by now begun their leisurely drift through the mesosphere and stratosphere—the atmospheric layers stretching at altitudes from 31 to 53 miles and 12 to ...

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 ...

Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...