When a satellite disintegrates in the upper atmosphere, it does not just disappear. Rather, it deposits a record of aluminum ...

Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, resides a belt of volcanic rock that displays a blend of dark and light ...

The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists ...

"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...

To truly escape the atmosphere, a spacecraft would need to leave the outermost layer — the exosphere — which extends a whopping 10,000 km (6,200 miles) above Earth — nearly 10 times as far ...

The Earth's atmosphere is far more reactive to solar activity than scientists previously believed, with the new research showing it can pulse in near-synchronicity with the sun's powerful flares.

Explore the environmental impact of Starlink satellite re-entries on Earth's atmosphere and assess whether aluminium oxide emissions pose a risk to the ozone layer.

Very High Up It begins at 500 kilometers above the Earth, far beyond airplanes and weather balloons. The International Space Station orbits just below this layer.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico ...

This image of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, taken from the International Space Station, shows the different layers of Earth's atmosphere, which have been labelled to more easily tell them apart.

Scientists studying the zone between Earth’s atmosphere and space spotted unusual X- and C-shaped features that could thwart signals that keep our planet running smoothly.