magnetosphere
Uranus is Getting Colder and Now We Know Why
Uranus is an oddball among the Solar System's planets. While most planets' axis of rotation is perpendicular to their orbital…
BepiColombo’s New Images of Mercury are Cool
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft made another flyby of its eventual target, Mercury. This is one of a series of Mercury…
A NASA Rocket Has Finally Found Earth’s Global Electric Field
Scientists have discovered that Earth has a third field. We all know about the Earth's magnetic field. And we all…
Earth’s Atmosphere is Our Best Defence Against Nearby Supernovae
Earth's protective atmosphere has sheltered life for billions of years, creating a haven where evolution produced complex lifeforms like us.…
Measuring Exoplanetary Magnetospheres with the Square Kilometer Array
Life on Earth would not be possible without food, water, light, a breathable atmosphere and surprisingly, a magnetic field. Without…
Millions of Satellites Could Have a Profound Effect on the Earth’s Ionosphere
Hardly a day goes by where a story hits the headlines about our abuse of the Earth’s precious environment be…
Earth’s Past and Future Habitability Depends on Our Protection from Space Weather
A bewildering number of factors and variables led up to the planet we occupy today, where life finds a way…
Jupiter’s “Stripes” Change Color. Now We Might Know Why
While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the most well-known spectacles in the solar system, Jupiter’s clouds and stripes…
An Astronomical First! A Radiation Belt Seen Outside the Solar System
For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the radiation belt of an object from beyond the Solar…
The Earth's Magnetosphere Could be Used as a Gravitational Wave Observatory
The magnetospheres of Earth and Jupiter might be used to observe high-frequency gravitational waves.