Scientists maintain that the change is exceptional from a global perspective. An immense magnetic field, called the ...

A supposedly stable belt of radiation 7000 km above the Earth’s surface may in fact be producing damaging bursts of ...

Solar flares are not directly responsible for the aurora borealis. The lights are caused by a phenomenon known as coronal ...

The latest Northern Lights forecast means the aurora borealis may be seen in some northern-tier U.S. states on Wednesday, Nov ...

The SMILE is about to depart for Europe. It is scheduled for launch by the end of 2025 from Europe's space launch site in ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

Space exploration often reveals unexpected surprises. In June 2023, during its flyby of Mercury, the BepiColombo mission ...

Four identical satellites spent decades exploring how solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field to create aurorae and other effects.

A new video shows how Earth's magnetic field weakened and warped before temporarily flipping during a recent "polar reversal ...

Since 2013, ESA's Swarm constellation has been measuring magnetic signals from Earth's core, mantle, crust, oceans, ionosphere, and magnetosphere so we can better understand our planet's geomagnetic ...

or magnetosphere. The belts prevent dangerous radiation from reaching Earth's atmosphere, but can also pose hazards to nearby spacecraft. When the sun unleashes a burst of solar wind toward Earth ...

The coronal mass ejection sends plasma mass from the sun outward into the earth's magnetosphere, which can cause aurorae to be visible far from the north and south poles. More:‘Comet of the ...