Solar wind power likely governs Uranus' thermosphere temperature. Story by Hayley Dunning • 5d. U ranus's upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades—and now scientists have shown why.

The atmospheric temperature spike, which was caused by successive geomagnetic storms, suggests the "solar maximum" is fast approaching. Earth's thermosphere recently hit a near 20-year temperature ...

FARGO — The thermosphere is a layer high in the atmosphere known for extremely high temperatures, extremely low air density and, on occasion, the Northern Lights. From about 50 miles above the ...

Spacecraft don't melt from thermosphere temperatures. The ramifications of a high temperature, such as 2,000 degrees Celsius, are different at sea level than in the thermosphere, according to Rona ...

This cooling is in agreement with models based on increasing carbon dioxide levels. Further up in the thermosphere (90-800 km) there have been no direct measurements of temperature. However, a ...

The thermosphere naturally contracts and expands every 11 years in response to the sun’s routine activity cycle, the scientists noted. When that activity is low, ...

The thermosphere is where the International Space Station and most other satellites orbit Earth. More than 10,000 satellites are currently drifting through low Earth orbit.

The Department of Defense closely monitored NASA's Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics Mission, or TIMED, craft to see if it collided with the Russian satellite on Feb. 28, ...

The thermosphere extends from the top of the mesosphere, at around 53 miles (85 kilometers) above ground, to the bottom of the exosphere, which begins at around 372 miles (600 km) above the ground ...

The atmospheric temperature spike, which was caused by successive geomagnetic storms, suggests the "solar maximum" is fast approaching.