What is space weather, what causes it, and how does it affect humans? Physicist Robyn Millan, who co-chaired a recent National Academies decadal report on solar and space physics, answered questions ...

An international team of scientists has modeled the formation and evolution of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe.

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In a surprising discovery, scientists have detected "chirping" waves some 100,000 miles above Earth, in a region of the ...

A collaboration between Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, hosted by Stockholm University, KTH and Google ...

The Earth’s magnetic north pole has been slowly inching its way across the Arctic for decades, but recently, its path […] The post The Earth's Magnetic North Pole Has Suddenly Shifted Towards Siberia, ...

Astronomers discover an unusual neutron star that emits double pulses, challenging theories about stellar remnants.

"The current behavior of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before." For decades, scientists have been tracking the shift in Earth's magnetic north pole away from Canada and ...

Astrophysical jets from black holes play a key role in cosmic evolution, impacting star formation and revealing insights ...

Auroral activity is best seen between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time while at a high vantage point away from light pollution, ...

A vast 500,000-mile-wide coronal hole has opened in the Sun's atmosphere. The area measures over 62 times the diameter of ...

Understanding chorus waves is vital, as they create fast-moving, highly energetic electrons (known as killer electrons) that ...