Earth’s atmosphere is escaping into space—and the Moon has been quietly collecting it for billions of years. Shocking new ...

Scientists have linked “auroral beads” to bursts of radio waves, offering new insight into what triggers intense auroral ...

Ever wonder how Earth stays safe from the Sun? This video untangles the magnetosphere and why it matters to life and tech.

Far from the Sun, Uranus sits tipped on its side, carrying a magnetic system unlike any other planet’s. Its equator tilts ...

On 13 November, the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamic Explorers (EscaPADE) mission launched to space on the New ...

NASA’s CGS releases the MAGE model to improve space weather prediction, providing simulations of solar storms, auroras, and their impacts on Earth and space missions.

Comets are not the only celestial bodies with tails. Earth and Mercury also possess them, formed by different mechanisms. Mercury's tail is a glowing ...

A predictive space weather model developed by APL and partners that is designed to simulate how solar storms affect Earth is now widely available to researchers and the broader public.

Discover how certain animals perceive the world without full color vision. This brief glimpse explores surprising species, unique adaptations, and the fascinating science behind their limited yet ...

Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have manipulated Uranus' magnetosphere.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Earth’s magnetosphere protects life from deadly ...

Recent observations of Jupiter's powerful magnetic field by NASA's Juno spacecraft have uncovered a never-before-documented variety of plasma waves that seem to defy our current understanding of ...