Thanks to these studies, we now know the five layers of the atmosphere are the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere (see graphic). Together, these layers protect us ...
The team believe that plasmas in the thermosphere – 66 to 372 miles high – may descend into the lower atmosphere, and account for reports by pilots. Co-author Dr Rudolph Schild, of the Centre ...
Above this layer is the thermosphere, which is located between 80 km and 700 km above Earth's surface, overlapping the ionosphere, the part of the atmosphere with charged ions and electrons.
Space Weather is an emerging field of space science focusing on understanding the conditions and processes on the sun, in the interplanetary space, and in the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere and ...