Earth’s magnetic field, generated deep within the planet’s liquid iron core, has been bending, stretching, and occasionally flipping for billions of years. That invisible shield determines whether ...

Abstract: Initiated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the European Space Agency, the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission aims to provide soft X-ray imager (SXI) ...

Magnetosheath jets are localised and transient dynamic pressure enhancements frequently observed in Earth’s magnetosheath and are generally understood to originate from nonlinear processes at the bow ...

There are waves on Jupiter, but not exactly the kind surfers can ride. These plasma waves are much more intense than anything that crashes onto a beach. NASA’s Juno spacecraft keeps coming across ...

NASA's Juno mission has recorded giant swirling waves at the edge of Jupiter's magnetic field, revealing new insight on how solar wind may impact the planet. When you purchase through links on our ...

Imaging techniques provide essential information in astronomical and space physics studies. The Soft X-ray imager (SXI) will obtain images of the Earth’s magnetosphere from solar wind charge exchange ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. You may not be able to hear it, but Earth's magnetic shield booms like a drum when it's bombarded ...

Image of the laser-driven plasma expanding into the dipole magnetic field. Magnetic field measurements showing the location of the magnetopause are overlaid. CREDIT Derek Schaeffer A magnetosphere ...

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 ...

1 Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czechia 2 Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia Magnetic pressure inside the magnetopause is ...