Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging from basic science to technology development.

A new study demonstrates how an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) clears the path for following transients and ...

Why sunspots are able to last so long has been a mystery for millenia, but a new observation technique revealed their ...

The magnetosphere, formed by Earth's magnetic field, acts as a protective shield that deflects solar wind—the flow of charged ...

The same charged particles from the Sun’s atmosphere responsible for the northern lights can also damage Earth’s electrical ...

A new mission set to blast off for low-Earth orbit will study magnetic storms around the Earth and learn more about how they ...

This magnetism was strongest in dark regions called sunspots. In the 17th century, Galileo used the newly developed telescope to reveal that the sun was blemished with spots .

The more things change, the more they stay the same. That old adage accurately describes the behavior of the solar magnetic field revealed by a new study. Waxing and waning, even flipping ...

The Solar Orbiter mission has captured the highest-resolution views of the sun’s surface to date, ... like solar magnetism, and small-scale features on the surface can be seen in the images.

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, ...

Stock image of solar activity. This is triggered by the sun's magnetic field. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS "Our new work suggests the Sun's magnetic field is generated by winds located about 1-5 ...