Researchers have identified a period of sluggish magnetic field flipping for planet Earth, some 40 million years ago – raising big questions about how long these reversals actually take, and how we ...

NOAA is forecasting elevated solar wind conditions on Tuesday, Feb. 24, through Wednesday, Feb 25, with the aurora borealis possible in northern U.S. states and Canada.

Billions of years ago, Mars likely had liquid water, rivers, and a thicker atmosphere. But when its internal magnetic field collapsed, the planet lost its shield against the solar wind, allowing ...

Aditya-L1's observations reveal unusual dawn-time geomagnetic disturbances during strong solar storms, enhancing our understanding of solar wind effects.

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have usedrare total solar eclipses to gain unprecedented insights into the turbulent ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during its 54th close flyby of the giant ...

Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains ...

There may be more northern lights – or aurora borealis – sightings this spring. As we near the spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, on March 20, the Earth's magnetic field and solar wind ...

An SwRI-led study identified particles accelerated to extremely high energies by magnetic reconnection near the Sun. As NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (trajectory shown in green) crossed the heliospheric ...

A landmark European-Chinese space mission with strong British leadership is on its way to its launch site in South America ...