3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (476+ words) Saturn has puzzled scientists with its “heartbeat” for decades. The planet appeared to rotate at different speeds depending on how it was measured. Ground-based observations of Saturn’s upper atmosphere were imprecise and disclosed only rough limits on temperatures and ion…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (477+ words) Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system; at over 3,200 miles across, it is larger than the planet Mercury. It is also the only moon with its own intrinsic magnetic field, produced by a churning central core…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1106+ words) Astronomers solve Saturn spin mystery: The truth behind its “changing” rotation The Times of India It is worth noting that for many years, the rotation speed of Saturn was seen as unusual by scientists, since it was changing from time…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (704+ words) image: Schematic showing the position of Saturn's cusp compared to Earth's. view more Saturn's magnetic shield is asymmetrical compared to Earth’s, suggests a new study involving University College London (UCL) researchers, and this is likely a result of its fast…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (179+ words) lead image In the case of Earth’s bow shocks, Ruolin Wang and Takanobu Amano hypothesize that whistler waves — low-frequency electromagnetic waves — are involved in electron acceleration and confinement. The duo modeled the electron velocity distribution function of reflected electrons at…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (406+ words) Image Credit: Royal Astronomical Society Richard Carrington is an English astronomer who contributed significanlty to our understanding of the sun. He is best known for documenting the Carrington Event in 1859. This event was the strongest known solar storm. It was…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (334+ words) New study shows how a major space storm dramatically shrank Earth’s protective plasma layer and slowed its recovery, helping improve solar storm forecasts and protect space infrastructure we rely on. image: Scientists have captured the first detailed observations of how…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1224+ words) Written by Dr. Matthew Wielicki on November 25, 2025. Posted in Current News A few days of solar fireworks were all it took to remind us of a basic truth: the universe is not a friendly place During the recent severe solar…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (533+ words) In May 2024, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years. Known as the Gannon storm or the “Mother’s Day storm,” it was triggered by a series of massive solar eruptions that sent huge clouds of charged…...

10+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (262+ words) Astronomers revealed Wednesday they have detected a storm on a star other than our Sun for the first time, discovering an explosion so violent it could have stripped away the atmosphere of any planets unlucky enough to be nearby.Â…...