Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the aurora-causing effects of the solar wind. However, towards the equinox, the two fields ...

Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner ...

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

During the March and September equinoxes, the Earth's axis is parallel to the sun's. According to the Russell-McPherron effect, the magnetic fields of the Earth and the solar wind momentarily coincide ...

The Analyzer for Cusp Electrons (ACE) is designed to measure electron activity in the region of the northern magnetospheric ...