Strange beads of light on Ganymede look strikingly like Earth’s auroras
Ganymede’s auroras have always stood apart for one simple reason: this is a moon, not a planet, and…
MAVEN Detects Rare Atmospheric Effect on Mars
New observations from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft reveal that the Zwan-Wolf effect — a…
NASA’s STORIE Mission to Tell Tale of Earth’s Ring Current
Earth’s magnetic field is like a powerful trap. It lures electrically charged particles in space, near our planet,…
Cassini-Huygens mission finds lopsided shift in Saturn’s magnetic bubble
Saturn’s magnetic shield does not sit where many scientists would expect. After combing through years of data from…
How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm?
Applications 16/03/2026 42 views 0 likes It seems improbable that a satellite designed to monitor polar ice sheets…
PHD student built the first-ever 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere
Uranus does not behave like an ordinary planet. Its magnetic field tilts by nearly 60 degrees and sits…
The Solar Wind Is Hiding Strange Particles That Could Rewrite Space Weather
This illustration shows Earth’s magnetosphere interacting with the solar wind. The magnetosphere shields the Earth from harmful solar…