Like Earth, Mars is surrounded by an ionosphere—the part of its upper atmosphere where radiation from the sun knocks electrons off of atoms and molecules, creating charged particles. The Martian ...

The rocket's exhaust fumes reacted with the ionosphere layer of the atmosphere, changing the ionization levels as it moved through during its ascent.

The Layers of Earth's Atmosphere It's easy to imagine Earth's atmosphere as a bubble of air surrounding the planet that abruptly ends with the vacuum of space.

Each day, radio signals from key communications and navigation satellites travel freely through a layer of Earth’s atmosphere known as the ionosphere. Floating 50 to 400 miles (80 to 643 ...

Between 50 and 1,000 kilometers above our heads is the ionosphere, a layer of Earth's upper atmosphere consisting of charged particles: ions (atoms that have gained or lost a negatively charged ...

The measurements, from NASA’s Endurance mission, reveal that this field is important for driving how ions escape into space and shaping the upper layer of the atmosphere, known as the ionosphere.

Simultaneous calibration “By combining measurements from many phones, we can simultaneously calibrate the individual sensors and produce a map of ionosphere conditions, leading to improved location ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Each day, radio signals from key communications and navigation satellites travel freely through a layer of Earth’s atmosphere known as the ionosphere.

Ionosphere: The ionised layer of Earth’s upper atmosphere, critical for radio communications, where electron density variations influence signal propagation.

Each day, radio signals from key communications and navigation satellites travel freely through a layer of Earth’s atmosphere known as the ionosphere. Floating 50 to 400 miles (80 to 643 kilometers) ...