magnetosphere
Earth’s Atmosphere is Our Best Defence Against Nearby Supernovae
Earth's protective atmosphere has sheltered life for billions of years, creating a haven where evolution produced complex lifeforms like us.…
Measuring Exoplanetary Magnetospheres with the Square Kilometer Array
Life on Earth would not be possible without food, water, light, a breathable atmosphere and surprisingly, a magnetic field. Without…
Millions of Satellites Could Have a Profound Effect on the Earth’s Ionosphere
Hardly a day goes by where a story hits the headlines about our abuse of the Earth’s precious environment be…
Earth’s Past and Future Habitability Depends on Our Protection from Space Weather
A bewildering number of factors and variables led up to the planet we occupy today, where life finds a way…
Jupiter’s “Stripes” Change Color. Now We Might Know Why
While Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the most well-known spectacles in the solar system, Jupiter’s clouds and stripes…
An Astronomical First! A Radiation Belt Seen Outside the Solar System
For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the radiation belt of an object from beyond the Solar…
The Earth's Magnetosphere Could be Used as a Gravitational Wave Observatory
The magnetospheres of Earth and Jupiter might be used to observe high-frequency gravitational waves.
One Exciting way to Find Planets: Detect the Signals From Their Magnetospheres
Some exoplanets could be discovered by tuning into their radio transmissions.
Researchers Create a Plasma Bubble With Lasers That Could Provide Propulsion or an Artificial Magnetosphere
Lasers are useful for a lot of things. They made CDs work (when they were still a thing). They also…
Marsquakes are Caused by Shifting Magma
Before the InSight Lander arrived on Mars, scientists could only estimate what the planet's internal structure might be. Its size,…