The NASA Transient Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACERS) mission was launched on July 23, aiming to study the interaction between solar wind and Earth's magnetic field using two satellites. One ...

A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within a stream of ionized gas, called plasma. Because Earth possesses an intrinsic magnetic field, the planet is ...

A recent study published inScience Advances reveals that a temporary collapse of Earth’s magnetic field, known as the ...

Mercury, the innermost planet of our Solar System, exhibits a uniquely dynamic magnetosphere that, despite its relatively weak intrinsic magnetic field, undergoes rapid and complex interactions with ...

Jupiter’s magnetosphere is the largest and most dynamic in the Solar System, a vast region where the planet’s powerful magnetic field governs the behaviour of charged particles. This envelope not only ...

Half of TRACERS satellite duo tripped up by power problems After a month of receiving the silent treatment, controllers have ...

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An illustration of the sun's magnetic fields overlaid on an image of the sun captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in 2016. NASA / SDO / AIA / LMSAL The sun’s magnetic field could form much ...

Researchers have discovered that PSR B1937+21's incredible rotation speed is due to its process of accreting material from a ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to understand why some rocks on the moon are strongly magnetized even though the moon has no magnetic field today. Moon rocks brought to Earth during NASA's ...