Earth's geomagnetic field, also called the magnetosphere, is a kind of natural barrier that protects the planet from harmful ...

The rapid loss of the magnetic field over North America is still unexplained but is linked to the shift of geomagnetic poles ...

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

The Sun has once again unleashed a powerful solar flare and this time it triggered radio blackouts.  The flare, which ...

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

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

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

If the northern lights do become visible, those in Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, ...

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

The evidence comes from a flyby on October 1, 2021, during which BepiColumbo sent back images, but also took readings of Mercury’s magnetosphere—the region around a planet dominated by the ...

The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer SMILE is a joint mission between Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS and ...

A technician checks the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer SMILE at a workshop of the Innovation A ...