A giant parachute built for the beleaguered European ExoMars mission has aced a drop test in the Arctic stratosphere.

The stratosphere typically begins between 7-15 miles above ground. The stratosphere is high up in the atmosphere. It varies depending on where you are on the planet and the time of year.

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

Science: Vigorous Atmosphere; Science: Vigorous Atmosphere. 3 minute read. TIME. May 1, 1933 12:00 AM GMT-4. T wo new ideas about the upper atmosphere came out during the American Philosophical ...

Stratosphere: Ranges from about 9-31 miles above the Earth’s surface. The ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from harmful UV radiation, is located in this layer.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Berly McCoy of Short Wave about the formation of the moon's wispy atmosphere, sea lion cameras and the Perseid meteor shower.

Regarded as a breakthrough for climate science and the understanding of atmospheric chemistry, the study of the atmosphere's self-cleansing ability focused on determining the quantity of its ...

Elsmore figures that if the moon’s atmosphere is half permanent (heavy) and half temporary (light), it will be something like one five-trillionth (2 x 10¯¹³) as dense as the earth’s atmosphere.

“This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works — not just on Earth, but on all planets. It feels like something out of science fiction ...

The human fingerprint on global warming was likely evident in Earth’s atmosphere far earlier than previously thought—even before the invention of modern cars, a new study says.