Computer simulations have revealed why waves at the edge of Earth’s magnetic shield grow more strongly in some regions than ...
Earth’s magnetic shield does not respond evenly to the solar wind, and scientists have now identified why some regions ...
Magnetic tension and boundary geometry help determine where solar wind-driven waves grow around Earth’s magnetosphere.
As El Niño intensifies, changes in global wind patterns are slightly slowing Earth’s rotation, adding about 1 millisecond to ...
Scientists have discovered an unexpected pattern within the turbulent solar wind: magnetic fields tend to rotate in opposite ...
What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University ...
The summer of 2024 was the hottest on record and, unfortunately, this came as no surprise. Summers have been getting hotter and drier around the world, including in the Northern Hemisphere, leading to ...
This artist's concept depicts a close-up of the protoplanet WISPIT 2b accreting matter as it orbits around its star, WISPIT 2. R. Hurt IPAC/NASA/JPL-Caltech For 15 years, astronomers trying to measure ...