The ionosphere is a layer of charged particles in Earth's atmosphere that extends from about 50 to 360 miles above the surface of Earth. Processes in the ionosphere also create bright swaths of ...

A layer of charged particles, called the ionosphere, surrounds Earth, extending from about 50 to 400 miles above the surface of the planet.

Giant solar balloons were sent 70,000 feet up in the air to record sounds of Earth’s stratosphere. The microphones picked up aircraft, thunder, explosions, colliding ocean waves, as well as some ...

Warming temperatures increasingly alter structure of atmosphere New research quantifies extent of rising tropopause Date: November 8, 2021 Source: National Center for Atmospheric Research ...

Though they may seem low-tech, the balloons do what they need to do to properly listen—get up to the stratosphere. On the ground, and in lower levels of the atmosphere, many sounds can get lost ...