Earth's auroras result from solar winds interacting with the magnetosphere, creating light displays in vivid colors based on ...

Encircling Earth are the Van Allen radiation belts—vast, doughnut-shaped rings of highly energetic charged particles, mostly ...

"They can penetrate metal on satellites, hit circuit boards, and can be carcinogenic if they hit a person in space." ...

Combining the satellite data with evidence of magnetic field line movements on Earth, European geoscientists mapped the ...

This peak of activity is expected to last for another year, according to NASA.

A satellite designed to investigate solar wind completed all its development work in China, marking a new milestone of the ...

Photosynthetic habitable zones' could exist beneath radiation-filtering ice on Mars, offering scientists another region in ...

The solar maximum, part of the Sun's 11-year natural cycle, is characterised by heightened magnetic activity, which can ...

Leading scientists from the UK and around world will meet at Durham University next summer to present the latest in ...

Today, scientists are keeping a close eye on Earth’s magnetic field. One area of particular interest is the South Atlantic ...

October’s full Moon is often known as the Hunter’s Moon, and this year’s happens when our celestial neighbor is closest, ...

The last true sustained reversal of the magnetic poles happened around 780,000 years ago – but more recently, around 41,000 ...