The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...

A research team led by Dr. Shen Jinhua from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has investigated rapid spatiotemporal vertical electric currents (VECs) ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft returns first-ever data of the Sun collected from a 17-degree tilted ...

Normally, each polar region has its own magnetic field characteristics. As the Sun reaches a period of solar maximum during its 11-year cycle, its magnetic polarity flips, with the north and south ...

The sun remains active, and a geomagnetic storm alert has been issued for June 24-25, as a recurrent, negative polarity ...

Scientists convert Earth's magnetic field collapse from 41,000 years ago into chilling audio, revealing ancient cosmic ...

Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its magnetic field, its ...

The magnetic poles are the two ends of the magnetosphere, which surrounds the Earth like a giant, invisible force field. This ...