In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...

Early Tuesday morning, a delicate, wispy cloud type rarely seen formed over western Montana, lighting up the pre-dawn sky.

“Pluto has what’s called a stably stratified atmosphere. The coldest layer is on the bottom and it gets warmer as you go up,” he said.

The sun's corona—the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse—has long intrigued scientists due to its extreme temperatures, violent eruptions, and large ...

The satellite industry boom could exacerbate the effects scientists have observed. In the next five years, the number of satellites in orbit is projected to grow from roughly 12,000 today to ...

Temperatures decrease with height, making this the coldest layer of the atmosphere. This is where most meteors burn up, leading to "shooting stars." Thermosphere: Ranges from about 53-373 miles.

The Mesosphere or middle layer is next and can be described as the coldest layer of the atmosphere, this is also the layer that meteors burn up. This happens because of the speed of the meteors ...

The United States has been at the epicenter of the planet’s most unusually cold conditions early in 2025. The polar vortex is to blame.

The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, where all weather occurs, as well as where we live. This year, the vortex’s behavior was atypical in this atmospheric layer.