"We were very surprised to see that the same tiny plasma jets appear to be driving both the fast and the slow solar wind." ...

In 2023, the European Space Agency reported on Solar Orbiter's discovery of tiny jets near the sun's south pole that could be powering the solar wind. The team behind this research has now used even ...

"In an open loop, Martian plasma can escape through the magnetic field or solar wind plasma can enter into the Martian atmosphere and change the atmospheric dynamics. "Lastly, in the draped loop ...

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

Geomagnetic storms also cause problems on Earth. The electric currents they create can overload power plants and cause ...

A groundbreaking X-ray imager is on its way to revolutionize our understanding of Earth's magnetic defenses. This ...

3, 2024 — For the first time, scientists have taken near-daily measurements of the Sun's global coronal magnetic field ... Mystery of 'Slow' Solar Wind Unveiled by Solar Orbiter Mission May ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could pose problems for long-distance space travel ...

(Our planet's magnetic field should look a lot like the field around a bar magnet, but electrically charged particles in the ...

Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium are working on the development of advanced 3D-printed hydrogels for radiation ...

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the ...