Our readers explain why burning our planet's naturally occurring hydrogen won't deplete levels of atmospheric oxygen – there ...

Aaron Watson captured slightly more than he bargained for when setting up a timelapse to capture airglow and the Milky Way.

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Breathe easy, for now. Scientists say our breathable air won't last forever. A new NASA-supported study warns that Earth's ...

A chilling simulation has revealed what would happen if the world lost all forms of oxygen for just five seconds, and while ...

While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis.

Carbon and oxygen, among other gases, are being stripped from Venus' atmosphere after being accelerated to speeds fast enough to escape the planet's gravity, according to a new study in the ...

Earth’s oxygen-rich atmosphere does more than provide the foundation for complex life. The oxygen in the atmosphere is so reactive that it readily combines with other chemical elements.

This is the first direct detection of oxygen on Venus, a planet with a thick atmosphere dominated by carbon dioxide. Oxygen accounts for about 21% of Earth's air, with the rest of our atmosphere ...

Oxygen accounts for about 21% of Earth's air, with the rest of our atmosphere primarily nitrogen. And most living things—including people, as we well know—need oxygen to survive. Earth's ...

While Venus is made up of about 96% carbon dioxide, scientists just discovered there's atomic oxygen in the planet’s atmosphere. According to findings from a joint project between NASA and the ...