Being able to study the interactions of these layers vertically and around ... ground level up to the lower edge of space, about 110 kilometers above Earth's surface. The region between about ...

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball ...

Beyond the outer core lies the mantle, a 1,800-mile-thick layer of viscous molten rock ... As a result, scientists are increasingly monitoring Earth from space. NASA alone has dozens of missions ...

The outer layer of the lava flow cools ... back elements to navigate through and around obstacles. Space is dangerous. Without Earth's protective magnetic field, solar and cosmic radiation ...

THE search for alien life across our Solar System and beyond has so far kicked up nothing intelligent – let alone microbial.

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket 'disassembly.' ...

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity.

Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...

A giant patch of black, fossilized lava that was spewed across the Sahara desert over millions of years looks like an eerie, gold-speckled shadow in this stunning composite of three years' worth ...

The mesosphere, the layer of sparse air above the ... was published in the journal Progress in Earth and Planetary Science on Jan. 10. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest ...