As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while ...

The Sun is preparing for a major event: the reversal of its magnetic field. This phenomenon marks a turning point in the ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A massive bout of solar wind released from the Sun has ripped a hole in Earth’s ...

A study using data from ESA's Swarm mission suggests that faint magnetic signatures created by Earth's tides can help us ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could ...

A solar explosion called a coronal mass ejection is poised to graze Earth on Friday or Saturday (Jan. 24 or Jan. 25), ...

NASA is observing an anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the ...

Scientists in Britain have been keeping an eye on where the Earth's magnetic north pole is. It's not fixed like the geographical North Pole; instead, it's like a wandering star. Recently, they found ...

The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. What causes this switch in polarity, and is it dangerous for anything on Earth? Let's take a deep dive into the ...

The sun's magnetic field last flipped toward the end of 2013. What causes this switch in polarity, and is it dangerous for anything on Earth? Let's take a deep dive into the phenomenon of the sun's ...