Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Moon has no real atmosphere, but Earth has, in a sense, been generously trying to share its own for billions of years. A new ...

The oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is key to making ours the only planet known to harbor life, but this precious resource is in limited supply. Although it is the best-known component of the air we ...

The moon is quietly absorbing tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere — and has been doing so for billions of years, a new study reveals. This surprising case of cosmic cannibalism is thanks to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solar wind, in combination with Earth's magnetic field, has been delivering particles from our planet's atmosphere to the moon's ...

More than 120 seismometers detected sonic booms from space debris and enabled its fall to be tracked with unprecedented ...

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of ...

Hot air holds more moisture than cold air. That simple truth, while familiar to anyone who’s used a blow dryer or walked outside after a humid shower, is driving a hidden shift in how droughts behave.

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 ...

A stretch of green light slid along Earth’s curve earlier this month, picked up by cameras aboard the International Space ...