Atmosphere

The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere.

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James Webb Uncovers the Atmosphere of a Hellish Lava World 41 Light-Years Away

NASA launches rescue mission to save Swift space telescope from burning up in Earth's atmosphere

NASA to launch rescue mission today to save Swift space telescope from burning up in Earth's atmosphere

This planet survived the death of its star—and kept its atmosphere

Analyze This: A rocket reentry spiked metal levels in the atmosphere

NASA Mission to Study Space Weather Impacts of Earth’s Atmosphere

A shot of carbon dioxide rewires how cement sets | Injecting CO2 into cement products like concrete is one way to store it and keep it out of the atmosphere. But until now, the underlying cement chemistry hadn't been directly visualized.

The U.S. is getting hit with severe stormy weather—here’s what’s stewing in the atmosphere

Dashcam in Central New York captures video of meteor heard entering atmosphere near Boston

Webb Detects Methane in Atmosphere of Exo-Saturn TOI-199b

Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains methane - EurekAlert!

Scientists discover the strange way CO2 cools part of Earth’s atmosphere

A World Beyond Neptune Has An Atmosphere And Scientists Don’t Know Why

Scientists stunned as volcano cloud destroys methane in the atmosphere

Venus’ atmosphere jumps and waves - EurekAlert!

This Tiny World in the Outer Solar System Should Be Airless, but It Has an Atmosphere

Surprising Signs of an Atmosphere Around a Tiny World, Billions of Miles Away

On the ground or in the atmosphere? New satellite data can help characterize and pinpoint destructive events - EurekAlert!

Outer Solar System Object Has an Atmosphere But Shouldn’t

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high