A Southwest Research Institute-led study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, ...

Imminent loss of NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT will severely diminish scientists’ ability to monitor ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere.

This same effect happens every day on the Earth. Gases within the atmosphere act like glass, trapping the sun's heat. These gases include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide ...

When Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991, it blasted 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere. That gas formed ...

But contrary to popular belief, Earth's atmosphere has no clear or official boundary. Earth's gravity hugs most of the densest gases close to its surface, including oxygen, nitrogen, carbon ...

It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, wrapped tightly around our planet. In fact, the atmosphere consists of multiple layers, with some scientists of the opinion that the atmosphere ...

When Mount Ruang in Indonesia underwent multiple explosive eruptions last week, volcanic gases were flung so high they ...

The atmosphere is a mixture of gases. The atmosphere is mostly nitrogen (approximately 80%) and oxygen (approximately 20%). The remaining gases are found in much smaller proportions, such as ...