We know that the solar system's gas giants (Jupiter and Saturn) and ice giants (Uranus and Neptune) have strong intrinsic magnetic fields. However, it's a little more complicated for the ...

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

Near the equator lies Jupiter's Great Red Spot. Visible to the left of this image, one of 77 composite photographs that appeared in our 2016 exhibition, Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System, the ...

Jupiter’s magnetic field is so strong that it’s second only to that ... played with magnets as a child can understand that they have definite shapes and variable strengths).

If there was a contest for the most interesting moon in our solar system, Callisto would be a contender. Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other planetary ...

Magnetars are a class of neutron stars with the strongest magnetic ... Several theories have been proposed, but the most promising suggests magnetic field generation through dynamo action in ...

Using data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter’s highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...

Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in ...