NASA Probe to Explore the Sun’s Atmosphere for the First Time NASA said it will launch an unprecedented mission to fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere, zooming within four million miles of the surface and withstanding temperatures of up to 2,500 Fahrenheit.

This Is the Smallest Exoplanet Known to Have an Atmosphere Using a ground-based telescope, an international team of astronomers has detected traces of an atmosphere around an exoplanet located 39 light-years away. This exoplanet is not much larger than our own, making it the most Earth-like planet known to h Read more ... arbor an atmosphere.

Earth's Early Atmosphere Was Briefly a Methane Haze

Gorgeous Deep Sea Footage of a Bright Pink Venus Flytrap Sea Anemone Standing Ready On its noble mission to document images of previously unseen deep water sea creatures, the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) ship Okeanos captured absolutely gorgeous footage of…

WATCH: NASA Makes Major Martian Atmosphere Discovery Solar wind stripped the red planet of its atmosphere, scientists say.

WATCH LIVE: NASA Makes Major Martian Atmosphere Discovery Solar wind stripped the red planet of its atmosphere, scientists say.

Scientists May Have Solved Origins Of Mysterious Feature In Venus' Atmosphere Venus may be enveloped in a thick, choking atmosphere, but this atmosphere is also shrouded in something else: mystery. For the past 50 years, scientists have struggled to explain the presence of a humongous dark structure shaped like a “Y” in th Read more ... e hellish planet’s skies. Now, astronomers believe the…

NASA's Next Frontier On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s venture SpaceX launched its first foray into deep space — with NASA by its side. Just before sunset, SpaceX’s rocket Falcon 9 carried NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory, also known as DSCOVR, beyond Earth’s atmo Read more ... sphere.

NASA's Next Frontier On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s venture SpaceX launched its first foray into deep space — with NASA by its side. Just before sunset, SpaceX’s rocket Falcon 9 carried NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory, also known as DSCOVR, beyond Earth’s atmo Read more ... sphere.