In terms of international collaboration, Liu confirmed two major projects: the China-Europe joint space mission -- Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) -- which aims to uncover ...

NASA scientists are tracking a star which is so powerful it would rip a human apart if they came within 600 miles - and they ...

A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...

We believe Mars may once have had oceans and sky, but lost them from a lack of a magnetosphere. How does this happen, and how can we create a magnetosphere for Mars so we can terraform and live on it?

Did ancient sunscreen and sewing needles save humanity? In a nutshell 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field weakened to ...

Nearly a million km long, it was seen by STEREO in extreme ultraviolet light. This animation shows a CME blasting from the Sun and hitting Earth’s magnetosphere. Captured by NASA/ESA, it visualises ...

A trio of recently launched satellites will watch the sun's energy whack the Earth, helping us predict solar storms ...

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.