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

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

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

We love a good controversy. One controversial theory in particular has the heads of scientists spinning. Some believe ...

For 540 million years, Earth’s magnetic field and atmospheric oxygen levels have danced in sync — and NASA scientists just ...

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

Earth’s magnetic field is weakening — and ancient artifacts might hold the answers. Researchers have uncovered powerful ...

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

NASA's TRACERS mission, with its twin satellites launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, aims to unravel the mysteries of magnetic ...

NASA launched a new mission Wednesday designed to study magnetic explosions in space that occur when the Sun''s magnetic field interacts with the Earth''s magnetic shield.

We often think of the Earth as solid, and quiet. But scientists are starting to realize it might be anything but silent. Deep ...

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