We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

Weak electric field discovered in Earth's atmosphere. Electric field crucial to understanding polar wind flow. Field could explain why Earth is habitable.

The sun’s magnetic activity causes auroras, and the relationship between solar flares and auroras reveals an 11-year cycle; ...

According to the team's computer models, polar vortices form at around 55 degrees latitude and move poleward. The magnetic ...

Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

It’s a fascinating study in solar science. It shows how solar particles interact with our planet’s magnetic field. By ...

Samples collected by the Perseverance Rover have great potential for providing insights into the history of Mars’ magnetic field.

Reexamination of data collected nearly 40 years ago by Voyager 2 has revealed that what's been believed about Uranus could be ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA's robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986 ...

Like the Earth, the Sun likely has swirling polar vortices, according to new research led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for ...

Model simulations offer insights into the fundamental properties of the solar magnetic field. New studies suggest that the Sun, like Earth, has polar vortices influenced by its magnetic environment. U ...