upper atmosphere
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After more than a century of powered flight, Mr. Kirsch writes, we “have not yet securely attached the upper atmosphere to the realm of human experience.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ballistic missiles travel into the upper atmosphere or space before plunging back down toward a target, but not all are capable of maneuvering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Cherubim and his colleagues developed a theoretical model predicting that the upper atmosphere of LHS 1140 b would contain large amounts of helium slowly escaping into space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
But the only gas discovered in the atmosphere so far is helium, probably in the upper atmosphere, which on its own would not support life.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
There was an instability in the upper atmosphere.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
