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Dead satellites are filling space with garbage. Soon, humans will release the equivalent of at least one Eiffel Tower's worth of metallic ash into the ionosphere each ye…
Scientists have discovered electricity in the outermost atmosphere of the Moon as it enters the affected area of the Earth's magnetosphere.
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a satellite to explore the mysterious area where the air meets space.
The moment the gigantic jet lightning backs up from the thunderstorm cloud onto the ionosphere and is captured by a photographer through an airplane window.
China and Russia are experimenting with a controversial technology to modify the atmosphere's ionosphere.
Historians know the wet and muddy conditions helped the British-led coalition defeat the French emperor Napoleon during the battle in Waterloo.
Recently, scientists have discovered the Earth's ionosphere appears a giant hole with a diameter of up to 900km, an area of 1.77 million km2.
After more than 50 years, scientists at Boston University have discovered the cause of radar signals being repelled from the Earth's top atmosphere.
After two years, China released the first report on the giant light phenomenon seen in the east of this country on August 12, 2010.
Some unidentified flying objects (UFOs) can be rock lightning and atmospheric phenomena.
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch a missile to create colorful clouds and luminescence on the evening of June 13 (local time) after delaying…
One of the first US satellites named Explorer 8 launched on October 3, 1960 after half a century of orbiting into the dense atmosphere on March 31.
Earth Institute leader, ionosphere, electromagnetic wave (ISMIRAN) Sergei Gaidas said that on Ria Novosti, the occurrence of two large sparks inside the sun can cause st…
New measuring equipment and observation techniques developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign are helping scientists better understand and…
A photographer captures a strange purple lightning image shot from the top of a thundercloud in Australia.