Atmospheres

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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Measuring the Atmospheres of Other Worlds to See if There are Enough Nutrients for Life

Finding Atmospheres on Red Dwarf Planets Will Take Hundreds of Hours of Webb Time

Moons around Uranus may suddenly develop atmospheres in the spring

NASA scientists think some planets are shrinking because powerful radiation from their cores is pushing away their atmospheres

New findings show that JWST could strongly detect certain gasses associated with a habitable planet & signs of past, present, or technologically advanced life in the atmospheres of Earth-like planets around M dwarf stars.

X-Ray-Luminous Supernovae Pose Threat to Earth-Like Planetary Atmospheres, Study Says

James Webb Space Telescope confirms giant planet atmospheres vary widely

JWST confirms giant planet atmospheres vary widely

A New Method to Detect Exoplanet Atmospheres with Webb

Trace Gas Detection Sheds New Light on Atmospheres of Jupiter and Its Volcanic Moon Io

James Webb Space Telescope reveals alien planet's atmosphere like never before

Mars' clouds are strangely Earth-like, despite wildly different atmospheres

How JWST could find signs of alien life in exoplanet atmospheres

An Unexpected Metal Was Detected Drifiting High Up in Two Alien Atmospheres

Barium Detected in Atmospheres of Two Ultrahot Jupiters

Mini-Neptunes may become super-Earths as the exoplanets lose their atmospheres

To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it's possible to do so

To search for alien life, astronomers will look for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets — and the James Webb Space Telescope just proved it's possible to do so

There Is a Planet With Clouds Made of Sand | The James Webb Space Telescope’s new observations of exoplanet atmospheres are quietly thrilling.

The Webb Telescope Just Proved It Can Detect Signs of Life in Alien Atmospheres