We are quickly approaching the most active part of the Sun's 11-year cycle. Our star is flinging a barrage of charged streams ...

A study of 56,000 Sun-like stars has revealed that stars like ours may experience powerful "superflares" about once per ...

The ionosphere is the upper portion of Earth's atmosphere consisting of free electrons, which are influenced by solar winds and geomagnetic storms. Radio waves from satellites to Earth travel at ...

Superflares are extremely strong solar flares -- explosions with energies up to ten thousand times that of typical solar ...

A plan to use millions of smartphones to map out real-time variations in Earth’s ionosphere has been tested by researchers in the US. Developed by Brian Williams and colleagues at Google Research in ...

NASA has made a huge discovery: the ambipolar field, an invisible electric field around Earth that could reshape our understanding of our planet.

During the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, scientists observed the ionosphere — a charged layer in Earth’s upper atmosphere — rising in altitude during the eclipse.

Researchers have discovered and are observing dark shapes appearing on the surface of Jupiter, with each of these 'dark ovals ...

Utilizing millions of smartphones, researchers mapped the ionosphere, uncovering insights into atmospheric phenomena and ...

Modern-day farming is a high-tech operation highly dependent on GPS-guided tractors revolutionizing the way crops are planted, fertilized and harvested. But on May 10, 2024, that system came under ...

Electrons in the ionosphere slow down low-frequency waves ... But the data should also be useful for scientific studies of Earth’s upper atmosphere, he says. Already, the map has revealed ...