Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...

Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering ...

In 2025, space exploration enters a new era with missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, led by NASA, ISRO, ESA, JAXA, and ...

States across the Northern edge of the U.S. have a chance to see the northern lights (also known as aurora borealis) this ...

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 ...

More information: M. I. Desai et al, Magnetic Reconnection–driven Energization of Protons up to ∼400 keV at the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2025).

The investigation is carried out with reference to reconnection phenomena between interplanetary magnetic field lines (IMF) and geomagnetic field lines, taking into account the duration of geomagnetic ...

The study, “Multipoint Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in the Martian Magnetotail Triggered by an Interplanetary Magnetic Field Rotation,” was published online April 1 in The Astrophysical ...

ABSTRACT: This work is a study of the effects of geomagnetic storm classes on the ionosphere at the Korhogo station (Lat. 9.3˚N; Long. 354.6˚E; dip. 0.6˚S). The years covered by the study are 1993, ...

"The interplanetary magnetic field is the magnetic field between the planets in the solar system—and both its strength and the direction in which it is pointing can vary quite dramatically over ...

Letter Published: 25 October 1969 Solar Source of Interplanetary Magnetic Fields J. M. WILCOX, A. SEVERNY & D. S. COLBURN Nature 224, 353–354 (1969) Cite this article ...