08 September 2017
The solar systems most powerful auroras are still a mystery
...that powerful electric potentials, aligned with Jupiter's magnetic field, accelerate electrons toward the Jovian atmosphere at energies... like Earth, and distant astrophysical systems where magnetic fields hold sway, such as early-stage star forming...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... been emitted from the Sun. The particles and the electric and magnetic fields that guide their motion, coupled with Earth’s own magnetic field all combine to influence one another constantly, and when merged with solar...
20 March 2020
Missing particle a major blow for "Theory of Everything"
...into a photon (packets of light) when they pass through a magnetic field. The reverse might also be true in that photons may also...200 million light-years away. "Galaxy clusters contain magnetic fields over giant distances, and they also often contain ...
15 June 2020
Green dayglow detected at Mars for the first time
...charged particles flowing from the Sun) with a planet’s magnetic field. However auroras are not the only light phenomena to ...radiation with molecules in the upper atmosphere – not with a magnetic field – and occur between about 80 and 120 km over ...
04 November 2020
New studies reveal the origin of fast radio bursts
... the main contender. As their description suggests, magnetars are powered by intense magnetic fields that are one thousand trillion times stronger than Earth's magnetic field and are so intense that it heats the surface to nearly 10 million degrees...
14 May 2021
China is about to land its Zhurong rover on Mars
... now-defunct Spirit and Opportunity rovers. It is powered by solar panels and is designed to study Mars’ climate, magnetic field, geological structure, and surface composition. Providing the landing is a success, Zhurong has a minimum life expectancy...
