How does a compass work in space? From the moon to Venus, here’s how a compass would work beyond Earth’s magnetic field.

And in theory, there should be chorus waves in the magnetic field of every planet that has one, even if it’s a little messy (so far they’ve already been observed around Jupiter and Saturn). And ...

What if Earth had massive rings like Saturn? Our skies would never look the same, with stunning celestial views stretching across the horizon. But how would these rings affect our climate, tides, and ...

This ionized material is then rapidly expelled under the influence of Saturn's magnetic field, either being drawn toward the planet itself or ejected outside the rings. This process helps maintain the ...

Saturn’s iconic rings are vanishing this year and won’t be visible again until 2028. Saturn is famed for its icy rings, but an astrophysicist warns they will disappear from Earth’s view next ...

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, which was designed to study the large, gaseous planet Jupiter and its moons, first caught hints of ...

Scientists predict some jaw-dropping events heading our way. Get ready for Earth's magnetic field to do a fliparoo, which could mean crazy geomagnetic storms and power outages galore. Plus, in 40,000 ...

Moreover, chorus waves, already observed around planets like Jupiter and Saturn, could exist in other regions of space with a magnetic field. This hypothesis raises new questions about plasma physics ...

Chorus waves have hitherto been observed only in the near-Earth region. The so-called "chirping" waves, some of the strongest natural electromagnetic emissions in space, have been associated with ...