For many years, scientists have been striving to understand the constantly changing structure and behaviour of the huge magnetic bubble that surrounds our planet. One approach – pioneered by Russian ...

Scientists report a method to study smaller magnetospheres, sometimes just millimeters thick, in the laboratory. The new experimental platform combines the magnetic field of the Large Plasma Device ...

The magnetic fields that surround some planets, such as Earth, have been recreated in miniature in the lab. The 3D model may give us a better idea of how space weather affects satellites. Any ...

Ripples in the underbelly of the magnetosphere move like a plucked guitar string that quickly returns to equilibrium, one researcher said. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Solving a decades-old mystery, an international team of astronomers have discovered an extremely hot magnetosphere around a white dwarf, a remnant of a star like our Sun. The work was led by Dr Nicole ...

Researchers at Boston University have envisioned an active space shield, named StormWall, capable of halving the intensity of the most violent magnetic storms. This project relies on satellites ...

Two scientists discovered a new type of 'whistler,' an electromagnetic wave that carries a substantial amount of lightning energy to the Earth's magnetosphere. Two University of Alaska Fairbanks ...

SMILE is a single spacecraft mission consists of two main elements: a 3-axis stabilized Platform (PF), consisting of a Service Module (SVM) and a Propulsion Module (PM) that provides the spacecraft ...

A magnetosphere forms around any magnetized object, such as a planet, that is immersed within a stream of ionized gas, called plasma. Because Earth possesses an intrinsic magnetic field, the planet is ...