The record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa. A tree-ringed African ...

The curious minds at What If imagine the strange world created by Earth possessing Jupiter's immense magnetic field.

"We need a way to date these sediments." That's where the variations in Earth's magnetic field come in. When rocks form, they lock in a record of the magnetic field via small magnetic crystals ...

The interstellar medium in our Milky Way galaxy is magnetic, can be compressed, and is turbulent. It affects important ...

Scientists have warned that humanity is not prepared for extreme space weather, as a solar storm is predicted to smash into ...

Space weather forecasting doesn't yet command the same resources as Earth weather forecasting, even though the stakes are growing.

The structure of one of the ejections has captured the attention of the scientific community due to its potential for ...

Forecasters of space weather keep an eye on the sun to stay ahead of eruptions of solar material that have the ability to ...

From fiery asteroids to rogue planets, humanity’s fascination with its own demise has fuelled countless blockbuster films. End-of-the-world movies captivate us with their spectacle and suspense, but ...

Jupiter's already the big kahuna of the Solar System, an absolute unit of a planet with a mass 2.5 times greater than all of ...

The process is much like how Earth's magnetic field forms in its spinning, liquid iron core. And, although our galaxy’s magnetic field is incredibly weak, it still plays a powerful role in ...