NASA is offering up to $500,000 for new technology to measure Earth's extremely thin upper atmosphere and improve predictions of how space weather changes satellite orbits
- Representative Image (AI-generated)Earth's atmosphere does not simply end where airplanes stop flying.
- Far above the planet, in a region known as the thermosphere, an extremely thin layer of gas continues to interact with satellites orbiting Earth.
- Changes in this region may seem insignificant, but they can alter atmospheric drag and gradually affect the paths of spacecraft.
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- Representative Image (AI-generated)Earth's atmosphere does not simply end where airplanes stop flying.
- Far above the planet, in a region known as the thermosphere, an extremely thin layer of gas continues to interact with satellites orbiting Earth.
- Changes in this region may seem insignificant, but they can alter atmospheric drag and gradually affect the paths of spacecraft.
Sources: Times of India