... disrupt satellites and spacecraft say the space agency. Earth’s magnetic field is vital to life on our planet. The electrical currents...to harmful radiation. Over the last 200 years, the magnetic field has lost around 9 percent of its strength on a...
...phase - a period of unusually low solar activity – the Sun’s magnetic field is actually at a maximum and that it may hide at the... see below the surface. During the Maunder Minimum, the magnetic field sinks to the bottom of the convection zone and is ...
... of the spectacular ringed planet has no discernible tilt, a finding that is at odds with scientists' theoretical understanding of how magnetic fields are generated. The discovery also means that the true length of Saturn's day is still unknown. The...
...visible and near-infrared wavelengths and its primary scientific goal is high precision measurements of the solar magnetic field. With a spatial resolution of some 50 km, it means that the telescope can distinguish details on the solar surface if the...
...'s dynamo works,” said Jack Connerney, Juno deputy principal investigator and the lead for the mission's magnetic field investigation at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. At the moment, Juno will be flying around Jupiter...
...habitability of Proxima b is unknown. Some theories have already been proposed including that a stellar wind or flares driven by magnetic fields, could strip away any atmosphere of the planet leaving its surface barren. However proving this is a long...