Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

Radiation belts are a normal part of the architecture of a planet with a global magnetic field. Stars are constantly leaking particles, borne by a stellar wind; these stream out and, where they ...

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a young star’s protoplanetary disk. Using ALMA, researchers observed how dust ...

Solar Orbiter has revealed that tiny, hair-like jets in the Sun’s coronal holes are responsible for both fast and slow solar ...

A mysterious radio signal from a distant planet has sparked excitement among astronomers, hinting at the tantalizing ...

For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought ...

Cosmic rays coming from outside the Solar System bring these particles closer to the Sun, where they experience changes ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

"Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars ...

Key PointsThe May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth.Such belts have ...

As planets pass in front of their parent stars as viewed from Earth, they cause a tiny dip in the amount of starlight we ...