A layer of charged particles, called the ionosphere, surrounds Earth, extending from about 50 to 400 miles above the surface of the planet. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Over time, they noticed that the atmosphere had distinct layers. By the early 1900s, scientists had identified major layers of the atmosphere based on how the temperature changed at different ...

The Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks (MICrONS) Project has built the most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian ... sliced it into more than 25,000 layers, each 1/400th the width ...

likely hidden deep within the planet’s atmosphere. The unexpected discovery, detailed in a companion study, suggests that atmospheric composition can shift dramatically between different layers ...