"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic ...

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 ...

SEATTLE — 2024 has been the year of the Aurora Borealis, and another spectacular show fired off around the globe recently.

The sky around Columbus erupted into a dazzling light show Thursday night as a solar storm made the northern lights visible ...

On the evening of Thursday, Oct. 10, the northern lights were visible in the skies above Bradford County. Also known as ...

A geomagnetic storm supercharged Earth's auroras, or the northern lights overnight on Thursday (Oct. 10), with aurora watchers in the U.S. and across the globe on hand to capture the stunning ...

The Space Weather Center has published a new alert for auroras, which may be visible Thursday night as far south as Alabama.

An example effect is the bow shock created as the magnetosphere passes through the solar wind. Microburst are observed in Earth’s outer and inner radiation belts, and in the slot region at ...

BepiColombo's 2023 flyby of Mercury's magnetosphere uncovered unexpected insights into plasma and surface composition.

BepiColombo's recent flyby of Mercury captured valuable data on its magnetic field and surrounding space plasma, hinting at ...

This collision is what creates the northern lights. The storms carry electrically charged particles that collide with the Earth's magnetosphere and glow different colors when they shed energy ...