The team discovered that the exoplanet’s atmosphere was very similar to the Earth’s. Instead of only being one layer, as many believed before, the atmosphere was made of distinct 3D layers.

Since the beginning of Earth's history, tiny particles of rock and metal from space have been hitting our planet. On clear ...

Scientists have spotted the first evidence of an alien world with an atmosphere that's layered like Earth's — although perhaps a little too toasty for human tastes. The planet, dubbed WASP-189b ...

Earth’s atmosphere has five major and several secondary layers. From lowest to highest, the major layers are the t roposphere, s tratosphere, m esosphere, t hermosphere and e xosphere.

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 ...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that broke through the third layer of Earth’s atmosphere.

They think compounds in WASP-121b’s atmosphere—titanium oxide and vanadium oxide—could be keeping its outer layers toasty, but it will take more studies to figure that out.

Twice a day, at dusk and just before dawn, a faint layer of sodium and other metals begins sinking down through the atmosphere, about 90 miles high above the city of Boulder, Colorado. The ...

Top Videos The final layer is the exosphere, where the Earth's atmosphere gradually gives way to space. It extends from 440 miles above the Earth's surface to 6,200 miles.

Neptune has a turbulent atmosphere that is more active than Uranus’ slow, sluggish one, so the methane particles and snow showers prevent a haze from building up on Neptune.