The Japanese researchers used the model to generate 19 years' worth of data encompassing the evolution of the entire atmosphere up to the altitude of 110 kilometers (68.4 miles).

The model suggests that the atmosphere on ancient Earth was strikingly similar to what we see currently on neighboring planets Venus and Mars. However, despite their proximity, Earth evolved into ...

A number of hypotheses have been used to explain how free oxygen first accumulated in Earth’s atmosphere some 2.4 billion years ago, but a full understanding has proven elusive.

Earth’s glaciation, they say, may have come from a global drop in carbon dioxide emissions, a result of fewer volcanoes expelling the gas into the atmosphere.

Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space.

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged. The key to unlocking the secrets of distant planets starts right here on Earth ...