For decades, scientists assumed that Earth’s magnetosphere had the same charge polarity from pole to equator. That assumption ...

A massive solar storm in May 2024 gave scientists an unprecedented look at how Earth’s protective plasma layer collapses ...

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Picture yourself standing at the Geographic North Pole with a compass in your hand. You'd expect that trusty needle to point ...

This dramatic-sounding phenomenon is a naturally occurring component of the Earth’s atmosphere that can play a huge role in ...

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The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by capturing the first-ever ...

"Every holiday season there is a mass migration of humans towards home and family. We use many tools to help us navigate back to the places we’re from – from ...

A massive geomagnetic superstorm in May 2024 gave scientists an unprecedented look at how Earth’s plasma shield collapses and slowly rebuilds under extreme solar pressure. Using the perfectly ...

Though it generated beautiful auroras around the world, the Gannon solar storm in 2024 was also a little dangerous.

We don’t often think about gravity, the invisible force that anchors us to Earth, as it always seems constant and dependable. However, it will slightly vary, sometimes by enough to make you weigh ...

Though the exact length of a "stadia" is unknown, his measurement is thought to be accurate to within one percent of the ...