A vibrant aurora display revealing how ionized particles from the sun excite oxygen and nitrogen in different atmosphere layers, creating iconic green and red aurora colors. Auroras, known for their ...

thermal characteristics (temperature changes), chemical composition, movement, and density. Each of the layers are bounded by "pauses" where the greatest changes in thermal characteristics, chemical ...

Earth’s atmosphere has five major and several secondary layers. From lowest to highest, the major layers are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. "The Snow Makes ...

The International Space Station recently shared a beautiful image that displays the vibrant colours of Earth's atmosphere as seen from space. The photograph appears to depict our globe covered in an ...

We live in the troposphere and that's where weather happens. It extends from the surface of the Earth to about 7 miles up. The 7 mile cap is an average since colder locations like the poles have a ...

As much as we should appreciate and protect the atmosphere that immediately embraces this planet, the other layers of the atmosphere are essential too and provide services we may not readily recognize ...