Scientists believe the Sun’s magnetic field could reverse within our lifetime, a natural cycle that occurs roughly every 11 years. While this solar polarity shift is not dangerous, it can impact space ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed. What followed was a cascade of environmental and biological changes ...

By flying closer to the Sun than ever, Parker Solar Probe reveals the chaotic birthplace of solar wind and space storms, ...

On its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the Sun’s atmosphere. These newly released images — taken closer to the Sun ...

NASA has released unprecedented images of the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe captured these during a December 2024 flyby. It ...

Earth’s magnetic field has correlated with fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen, according to a newly released study.

The Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission aims to map auroral electrojets, improving scientific models of space ...

A space physicist has suggested that a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic poles may have wiped out the Neanderthals.