Auroras occur when electrically charged particles from space enter and collide with molecules in the atmosphere.

Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989. Webb ...

The rover carries several swatches of spacesuit materials, and scientists are assessing how they’ve held up after four years ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

For the first time, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, ...

It’s part of an experiment called “AWESOME,” which seeks to observe how auroras affect Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Geomagnetic storms on March 25-26 could bring northern lights to the Midwest and northern regions of the US, NOAA reports.

Nearly two centuries after Faraday's failed attempts, scientists have demonstrated that Earth's continuous spin can directly ...

In theory, as Earth spins through its magnetic field, any conductive material placed on its surface should experience a force ...

associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. And it helps that the missions are going to a similar place: a sun-synchronous orbit around Earth’s poles, meaning each ...

In a new video, Dr James Garvin, chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is asked 'how do we know the Earth isn't flat?' His eloquent answer is something you'd learn at primary ...