When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...

High-resolution isotope data show that a modern-like, oxygen-rich atmosphere was not established until 410 million years ago, supporting a 2-billion-year transitional oxygenation of Earth’s surface.

The sun may be 93 million miles away, but that does not stop its solar activity from affecting the Earth's atmosphere, a new study from Queen's University Belfast as found. The Earth's atmosphere is ...

A failed Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere some time this month. The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, intending to land on Venus. However, the probe never left ...

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The ESCAPADE mission, short for Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, is the first dual-satellite mission to ...

A spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere Saturday, triggering a sonic boom that was heard in parts of Los Angeles County. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere around 10:41 p.m.