A shocking analysis of interstellar “tsunamis” has revealed where Earth’s magnetic shield is most vulnerable to powerful ...

Space tsunamis have revealed the weak spots in Earth's invisible magnetic shield, highlighting the regions where dangerous ...

This week, we see Earth’s auroras, a spacecraft’s view of our planet, and a pioneering photograph of the Orion Nebula.

Earth’s magnetic shield does not respond evenly to the solar wind, and scientists have now identified why some regions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hemispheric differences in SW the Moon receives as influenced by Earth's magnetosphere. (CREDIT: Sun image, NASA/GSFC/SOHO; Moon ...

The region of space dominated by Earth's magnetic field is the magnetosphere. Observations have shown that, within this region, an electric force acts from the morning side to the evening side as seen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image of the Earth and moon comparing ocean tides (shown as a small blue ring) to plasmasphere tides (shown as a large orange ...

ESA’s quartet of satellites studying Earth’s magnetosphere, Cluster, has discovered that our protective magnetic bubble lets the solar wind in under a wider range of conditions than previously ...

Scientists report a method to study smaller magnetospheres, sometimes just millimeters thick, in the laboratory. The new experimental platform combines the magnetic field of the Large Plasma Device ...

San Antonio — Oct. 23, 2007 — Space physicists have long assumed that the magnetosphere at Jupiter circulates that planet’s magnetic field in the same way as Earth. At Earth, this circulation drives ...