atmosphere

thumb|upright=1.5|The atmospheric gases around Earth Rayleigh scattering|scatter blue light (shorter wavelengths) more than light toward the red end (longer wavelengths) of the [[visible spectrum; thus, a blue glow over the horizon is seen when observing Earth from outer space. The Moon is visible in the background.]]

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Earth's atmosphere is the layer of gases that surrounds our planet, which scatters blue light more than red light—an effect that creates the blue glow visible from space. This atmospheric layer matters because it affects how light behaves around Earth, influencing what we see when observing our planet from outer space.

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Lightning-Driven Pyrite Oxidation Under Archean Atmosphere Conditions.Astrobiology · 2024Long ALS, Baidya AS, Stüeken EEDOI: 10.1089/ast.2024.0074
Microplastic aging and adsorption in the atmosphere, and their associated impacts on various spheres of the earth: A review.ReviewChemosphere · 2025Shekhar S, Sarkar SDOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144256
An Archean atmosphere rich in sulfur biomolecules.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Reed NW, Christensen CM, Surratt JD et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2516779122
No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c.Nature · 2023Zieba S, Kreidberg L, Ducrot E et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06232-z
Lidar.Applied optics · 1970Collis RTDOI: 10.1364/AO.9.001782

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Occurrence and compositions
Origins
Compositions
Exoplanets
Atmospheres in the Solar System
Conditions
Structure
Terrestrial planets
Gas giants
Circulation
Escape
Terrain
Fields of study
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An atmosphere is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. The name originates . An object acquires most of its atmosphere during its primordial epoch, either by accretion of matter or by outgassing of volatiles. The chemical interaction of the atmosphere with the solid surface can change its fundamental composition, as can photochemical interaction with the Sun. A planet retains an atmosphere for longer durations when the gravity is high and the temperature is low. The solar wind works to strip away a planet's outer atmosphere, although this process is slowed by a magnetosphere. The further a body is from the Sun, the lower the rate of atmospheric stripping.