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 ...
Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and electrons that flows from the sun's outermost atmosphere (corona), traveling at ...
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 ...
A massive 500,000-mile coronal hole on the Sun is sending high-speed solar wind toward Earth, increasing the risk of geomagnetic storms that could disrupt satellites and power grids.