The UK weather agency issues regular space weather forecasts for both the northern and southern hemisphere. For the northern hemisphere, which is the half of the Earth that lies north of the equator, ...

This stream is called the solar wind. When it gets here, it comes in contact with the Earth’s magnetic field. That’s basically a force field that surrounds the planet. Any object with a magnet ...

An international team, including an Oregon State University astrophysicist, has confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections of the sun’s magnetic ...

As we near the spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, on March 20, the Earth's magnetic field and solar wind align, creating an increased chance of seeing the colorful auroras in the ...

Impact Statement: The optimization of solar power tower heliostat fields (SPTHFs) to harness solar energy using intelligent methods has become an increasingly popular topic in artificial intelligence ...

which will analyze the Sun’s magnetic field and internal oscillations, and an Extreme Ultraviolet Solar Telescope to capture high-energy solar emissions. The spacecraft will also carry a Visible ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered? Faint signatures detected by the ...

They look into the heart of the star that keeps us alive, investigate its gaseous envelope, the solar magnetic field and the high-energy particles which our Sun ejects into space. The surfaces of the ...