NASA is preparing to launch a mission designed to provide a unique, inside-out view of the ring current. Called STORIE (Storm ...

Earth's magnetic field is like a powerful trap. It lures electrically charged particles in space, near our planet, and snares ...

Sound waves escaping the sun’s interior create fountains of hot gas that shape and power a thin region of the sun’s atmosphere which appears as a ruby red “ring of fire” around the moon during a total ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the ...

Two new studies reveal that Saturn’s moon system and rings were shaped by a combination of magnetic field effects and violent moon collisions. Researchers found that Saturn’s weaker early magnetic ...