For example, why did it register a strongly asymmetric, plasma-free magnetosphere – something that is unheard of for planets in our solar system – and belts of highly energetic electrons? Voyager 2 ...

Scientists at NASA have found patterns which could help predict solar flares, the most common form of solar disturbances aka ...

Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has a unique and dynamic magnetosphere that interacts significantly with solar wind—a stream of charged particles released from the Sun. Understanding ...

The new data analysis points to the solar wind. When plasma from the sun pounded and compressed the magnetosphere, it likely drove plasma out of the system. The solar wind event also would have ...

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it responds to space weather.

Magnetospheric physics is the study of the magnetic fields surrounding the Earth and other bodies in the solar system ... is the bow shock created as the magnetosphere passes through the solar ...

The Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) which aims to study the ...

There may also be spectacular displays of aurora caused as the Earth's magnetosphere is disturbed by the solar wind. According to spaceweather.com, this wind is estimated to hit Earth by Friday ...

Earth’s magnetosphere remains largely undisturbed, reducing the likelihood of geomagnetic storms — the critical catalyst for auroras. Without solar winds to fuel the system, the skies return ...

A vast 500,000-mile-wide coronal hole has opened in the Sun's atmosphere. The area measures over 62 times the diameter of ...