The University of Iowa's NASA mission, TRACERS, successfully launched into orbit, marking a significant milestone in space ...

The magnetosphere, formed by Earth's magnetic field, acts as a protective shield that deflects solar wind—the flow of charged ...

NASA’s newest mission, TRACERS, soon will begin studying how Earth’s magnetic shield protects our planet from the effects of space weather.

Scientists have long known that Earth’s magnetic field has not been a constant shield. Now, new interdisciplinary ...

What happened when Earth’s magnetic shield collapsed 41,000 years ago? A new study suggests that this dramatic event, known as the Laschamps Excursion, may have pushed early humans to adapt in ...

Earth’s magnetosphere protects us from charged particles constantly emitted by the Sun, but intense conditions can breach it ...

A new NASA mission is set to launch that will study the effects of Earth’s magnetic field on us. NASA and SpaceX are set to ...

NASA's TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission launched at 2:13 p.m. EDT ...

NASA TRACERS mission is set to study how Earth's magnetic field protects us from solar storms and space weather. The mission ...

San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute is managing the $115 million mission examining the effects of solar winds.

The TRACERS mission—short for Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites—aims to study how ...