For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought ...

Scientists measured a chorus wave emerging from an unexpected place, and confirmed a key piece of a theory about how these ...

Chorus waves, quick bursts of energy known to occur relatively close to Earth and around other planets, were found in an ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

An international team of scientists has modeled the formation and evolution of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe.

In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...

"This is the first solid evidence that helical magnetic fields can explain astrophysical jets at different scales." ...

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a young star’s protoplanetary disk. Using ALMA, researchers observed how dust ...

Scientists have uncovered the long-sought mechanism behind low-field magnetars, showing that supernova fallback material ...

Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure ...

Satellites have managed to detect faint electromagnetic signals generated by ocean tides, suggesting that space-born sensors ...

A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation ...