... SINFONI could make these detailed measurements of distant galaxies thanks to its adaptive optics system, which largely cancels out the blurring effects of Earth'satmosphere. ...
... Following the exit Earth'satmosphere and spending nearly three minutes in a state of weightlessness, the spacecraft headed back to the airport. ...
... Had the sun flared like II Pegasi, these hard X-rays would have overwhelmed the Earth's protective atmosphere, leading to significant climate change and mass extinction. ...
... A meteor punched through Earth'satmosphere around 9:20 a.m. local time (12:20 a.m. EST) and then exploded over central Russia some 950 miles (1,500 kilometers) east of Moscow. ...
... Hubble is well-suited to make these observations because of its sharpness and its ability to precisely analyze polarized light without it being degraded by Earth'satmosphere. ...
... in place at the Keck Telescope uses a powerful laser to illuminate the layer of sodium atoms that exist in the Earth'satmosphere, explained Jason Melbourne, a team member from the Center for Adaptive Optics at the University of California, Santa Cruz ...