Using telescopes that study the sky in the microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum, astronomers have successfully mapped the structure…
Before the InSight Lander arrived on Mars, scientists could only estimate what the planet's internal structure might be. Its size,…
Mars is a parched planet ruled by global dust storms. It's also a frigid world, where night-time winter temperatures fall…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has spotted the magnetosphere of an exoplanet for the first…
The outer “ice giant” planets, Neptune and Uranus, have plenty of mysteries. One of the biggest is where exactly they…
Magnetic fields are great for lots of things - directing explorers, levitating trains, and containing nuclear fusion reactions are just…
For the first time astronomers have observed waves of magnetic energy, known as Alfvén waves, in the photosphere of the…
White dwarfs have some surprisingly strong magnetic fields, and one team of astronomers may have finally found the reason why.…
The magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune are really, seriously messed up. And we don't know why. (more…)
Every 200,000 to 300,000 years Earth's magnetic poles reverse. What was once the north pole becomes the south, and vice…