Magnetic reconnection is the primary mode by which the solar wind couples to Earth's magnetosphere, driving dynamics on an enormous range of scales. At the macroscale (tens of Earth radii), ...

Mean girl Jessica, portrayed by Jordyn Gillis, in Magnetosphere movie.

As a celestial spectacle takes center stage, the Northern Lights dazzled viewers across North Dakota and beyond this week, ignited by a strong geomagnetic storm. The vivid display is not just a ...

Astronomers have successfully captured Neptune's auroras for the first time, utilizing the combined capabilities of the James ...

Scientists have found that previously-known observations about Uranus were misleading. Uranus, the first planet discovered with a telescope, was closely observed in 1986 during a five-day flyby by ...

The sun has somewhat surprised forecasters today with a dramatic X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region.

An unexpected X-class solar flare from a new sunspot region caused widespread radio blackouts across the Americas today ...

Multi-spacecraft scientific missions for space physics have been flown since the 1960s with early missions such as IMP, VELA, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...

NASA astronauts are returning to Earth after nine months in space. Experts have said a prolonged period in space can come ...

Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...