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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Small, nimble weather satellites could track the atmosphere moment by moment, boosting forecasts

It’s Not Just Rocks, Scientists Want Samples Mars’s Atmosphere

Earth’s Atmosphere is Our Best Defence Against Nearby Supernovae

Sulphur Makes A Surprise Appearance in this Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

Next Generation Satellites Might Skim the Atmosphere, Using Air as a Propellant

Instead of Losing its Atmosphere, an Exoplanet Puffed Up and Held Onto it

'Weird' new planet retained atmosphere despite nearby star's relentless radiation

Earth’s atmosphere is trapping twice as much heat as it did in 1993

Astronomers Have a New Way to Bypass Earth's Atmosphere

Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter decomposes in rivers and streams. That could pose a threat to biodiversity in waterways around the world and increase the amount of carbon in Earth’s atmosphere.

Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth's atmosphere (photo)

Shedding light on the chemical enigma of sulfur trioxide in the atmosphere

Astronomers Discover Nearby Earth-Sized Planet With No Atmosphere

Newly discovered Earth-sized planet may lack an atmosphere

What Is… Earth’s Atmosphere?

Super-Earth Surprise: Webb Finds Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet For the First Time

‘Milestone’ discovery as JWST confirms atmosphere on an Earth-like exoplanet

In a First, JWST Confirms an Atmosphere on a Rocky Exoplanet

Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into space

Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere