Daughter polar vortices' could bring snow and ice to parts of northern, central, and eastern United States later this month, ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South.

Space Perspective tickets cost $125,000 per person for a six-hour trip to space, with the luxury of food, drinks, and Wi-Fi.

To this end, Loon used NOAA-provided wind data for the stratosphere (starting between 10 and 20 km altitude). Each balloon would be directed to a layer where the air current was headed in the ...

Why these scientists keep a close eye on the air way up there and will solar geoengineering help stop climate change? NOAA wants to know.

Space Perspective, a Richard Branson-backed startup that wants to take tourists to the stratosphere in a balloon, furloughed ...

An international research team has revealed for the first time the role of the stratosphere in the dispersion of mercury. The research team, including scientists from the Massachusetts Institute ...

On August 16, 1960, Joe Kittinger stood at the edge of his balloon's gondola, 19 and a half miles above the Earth's surface, and leapt out into the near vacuum of the stratosphere. Almost 14 ...

NAGOYA—A balloon launched by high school students soared into the stratosphere and captured our blue, round planet on cameras from an altitude of about 28 kilometers. Members of the astronomy ...