NASA is sending ... pictures of Earth, focusing on the low-energy X-rays that form when the electrically charged particles in the solar wind interact with our planet's magnetic field.

In the Earth (see image below right), the liquid metal that makes up the outer core passes through a magnetic field, which causes an electric current to flow within the liquid metal. The electric ...

NASA astronauts are returning to Earth after nine months in space. Experts have said a prolonged period in space can come ...

Sunita 'Suni' Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore are headed back to Earth after nine months on the ISS – but their greatest ...

The researchers from the US space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), recently noticed a growing dent in the Earth’s magnetic field over South America. And the news has ...

Since its launch on March 12, 2015, NASA’s MMS, or Magnetospheric Multiscale, mission has been rewriting our understanding of magnetic reconnection, a key physical process that is important across the ...

As well as a striking image showing the shadow of ... to study how solar winds interact with the Earth’s magnetic field, and is one of several NASA instruments on board the lander.