Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...

Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field. Mysteriously ... Solar Wave Squeezed Jupiter's Magnetic Shield to Unleash Heat Apr. 3, 2025 — A solar wind event from 2017 that ...

Scientists have known for a while that Mars currently lacks a magnetic field, and many blame that for its paltry atmosphere – with no protective shield around the planet, the solar wind was able to ...

For many wild animals, this is not a fantasy—it’s a breathtaking reality. Some creatures possess an almost supernatural ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field, guiding them on amazing journeys ...

Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space. Celebrate its anniversary with some out-of-this-world images.

The Sun goes through an 11-year cycle of activity, going from the solar maximum, where it is covered in many sunspots and is ...

Their approach is to sense anomalies in the Earth’s magnetic field and compare them with a known map of the field to work out their position. And because they use quantum sensors for this process, ...

Earth’s moving interior generates our planet’s magnetic field, an invisible shield that helps protect us and our atmosphere from harmful energy coming from space. This magnetic field has a ...