the outermost portion of a planet's, esp. the earth's, atmosphere, consisting of a hot layer of light atoms often moving at escape velocity
See exosphere in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĕkˈsō-sfîrˌ)
noun
The outermost region of a planet's atmosphere.
The outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere, lying above the thermosphere and extending thousands of kilometers into space, from which molecules having sufficient velocity can escape the earth's gravitation.