NASA has released a computer model that shows the sun's beautiful, unpredictable, and invisible magnetic field lines. Produced by Darren Weaver. Original reporting by Dave Mosher. Follow TI ...
The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in ...
This article was originally published with the title “ Magnetic Fields on the Quiet Sun ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 215 No. 5 (November 1966), p. 54 doi:10.1038 ...
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 ...