NASA launches satellites to learn more about magnetic reconnection, which will help better predict geomagnetic storms.

The magnetosphere, formed by Earth's magnetic field, acts as a protective shield that deflects solar wind—the flow of charged ...

The University of Iowa's NASA mission, TRACERS, successfully launched into orbit, marking a significant milestone in space ...

TRACERS are a combination of twin satellites that will observe how the trends in solar wind trigger magnetic reconnection in ...

Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million ...

Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging ...

TRACERS launch paves the way for NASA to study magnetic reconnection and how solar activity affects near-Earth space.

Earth’s magnetosphere protects us from charged particles constantly emitted by the Sun, but intense conditions can breach it ...

This particular flare wasn't accompanied by a geomagnetic storm that can strike Earth's magnetic field and trigger the northern lights. The sun has emitted a powerful solar flare that has the ...

In a paper published in Earth and Planetary Physics, researchers propose a semi-empirical model combining Burton's empirical ...