All eyes on Orion’s heat shield: Artemis 2 astronauts will hit Earth's atmosphere at nearly 24,000 mph on April 10

Artemis 2's Orion capsule will hit Earth's atmosphere at nearly 24,000 mph on April 10. A heat shield and 11 parachutes will ...

Artemis II reentry and the risks of ‘riding a fireball through the atmosphere’

After a successful lunar loop, the four astronauts face one more hurdle to splashdown, and it’s the most dangerous.
Science Daily

How extratropical ocean-atmosphere interactions can contribute to the variability of jet streams in the Northern Hemisphere

Ocean-atmosphere coupling, the exchange in energy between the ocean and atmosphere, influences teleconnection patterns, the climate effects across vast geographical areas. However, its impact outside ...
Science Daily

New data on atmosphere from Earth to the edge of space

Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system called JAGUAR-DAS, ...

A cracked heat shield rattled NASA after Artemis I. Now, Artemis II will put the fix to the test

When Artemis II reenters earth's atmosphere, NASA will test out a new trajectory, calculated after the heat shield for its ...
BGR

Researchers Found Key Evidence Of How Mars' Atmosphere Has Changed Over The Years

Researchers say they have gathered evidence of Mars' atmosphere sputtering for the first time. Understanding how Mars' atmosphere has changed over time will undoubtedly help us discover more about the ...
Newsweek

Solar Flares Cause Earth’s Atmosphere to Pulse

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The sun may be 93 million miles away, but that does not stop its solar activity from affecting the Earth's atmosphere, a ...
Politifact

CO2 is only 0.04% of the atmosphere, but a viral video ignores that it’s a major climate threat

Carbon dioxide makes up only about 0.04% of the Earth’s atmosphere, but that seemingly small figure ignores threat CO2 poses to the climate. Carbon dioxide accounts for 79% of U.S. greenhouse gas ...
University of California

The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

Hot air holds more moisture. That’s why you can blow your hair dry even after a steamy shower. It’s also what dumps rain in the tropics and sucks water from desert soils. A new study, published in ...
IFLScience

Earth's Atmosphere Is Missing Huge Amounts Of Xenon, And We Don't Really Know Where It Went

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Futurism

DARPA Tried Using the Earth’s Atmosphere as a Giant Sensor and Detected Something Interesting

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. While trying to ...