Scientists have confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections in the ...

A breakthrough simulation reveals how magnetars form and evolve, solving a key mystery about their magnetic origins. Magnetars are a rare type of neutron star with the strongest magnetic fields in the ...

Since its launch on March 12, 2015, NASA’s MMS, or Magnetospheric Multiscale, mission has been rewriting our understanding of magnetic reconnection, a key physical process that is important across the ...

Merging some esoteric physics principles with an advanced instrument creates a magnetic microscope with resolution better ...

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

High-speed winds from a spot on the sun’s surface may affect Earth’s magnetic field, pulling the phenomenon further south.

A team of researchers led by Colorado State University graduate student Luke Wernert and Associate Professor Hua Chen has ...

The magnetic barrier that protects Earthlings from radiation almost collapsed some 565 million years ago. Here’s what saved it.

Any object with a magnetic field is a magnet — including the Earth itself. Like bar magnets, Earth has a north magnetic pole and a south magnetic pole. The lines of Earth’s magnetic field ...

Meanwhile, electrojets create a magnetic field around our planet — and this field can split the 118 gigahertz emission line ...