The big gap in our knowledge is that we don’t have measurements of the magnetic field in the sun’s atmosphere, its corona,” says Gibson, who is a co-author of this new study.

As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in more detail and look at the effects it could have on Earth.

An international team, led by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) researcher Ângela Santos, has made the first ...

The sun flips its magnetic field once every 11 years, at the same time it reaches solar maximum, when sun spots and solar flares are at their height. Advertisement.

“Like the sun, massive stars have stellar winds — constant outflows of charged particles,” he said. “Because the wind is a plasma — a gas of charged particles — it responds to a magnetic field.” That ...

A complete understanding of the sun's magnetic field - including knowing exactly how it's generated and its structure deep inside the sun - is not yet mapped out, but scientists do know quite a bit.

The reversal of the sun's magnetic field happens every 11 years. The flip is associated with increased solar activity, including explosions on the sun's surface that can send electrified particles ...

Understanding the magnetic sun Date: January 30, 2016 Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Summary: Scientists have turned to a combination of real time observations and computer simulations ...

The sun's magnetic poles swap positions every 11 years or so as the sun approaches its most active period (solar maximum), with the sun having no magnetic poles and a messy, ...

Known as the Hale cycle, this magnetic cycle lasts approximately 22 years, through which the sun's magnetic field reverses and then reverts to its original state, Ryan French, a solar ...