The weather on Earth can get pretty messy sometimes. But in space, it can be wild, and the effects can be far-reaching. Solar ...

Mars does not have Earth’s kind of magnetic shield, so it has often been treated as the solar system’s more exposed world. It ...

A joint European-Chinese spacecraft is set to blast off Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant explosions of plasma shot out from the sun slam into Earth's magnetic shield.

Sometime around 5:52 a.m. Central European time on May 19, 2026, a Vega-C rocket is scheduled to climb out of Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana carrying a spacecraft that has never had a true ...

The configuration of Saturn’s magnetic shield is not consistent with that expected from previous experience with the ...

Abstract: Initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the European Space Agency, the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission aims to provide soft X-ray imager (SXI) ...

It's called the magnetotail, of course. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You may not know this, but Earth's magnetic field has a ...

There are waves on Jupiter, but not exactly the kind surfers can ride. These plasma waves are much more intense than anything that crashes onto a beach. NASA’s Juno spacecraft keeps coming across ...

NASA's Juno mission has recorded giant swirling waves at the edge of Jupiter's magnetic field, revealing new insight on how solar wind may impact the planet. When you purchase through links on our ...

Giant waves have been found swirling in the plasma at the boundary of Jupiter's magnetosphere, scientists have found. Data from Juno suggests the Jupiter probe regularly dips through these waves, ...

The magnetopause plays a pivotal role in the coupling between solar wind and the magnetosphere. By analysing magnetopause crossing events by Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, we reveal a local ...