Unravelling the knotty problem of the Sun’s activity
A new approach to analysing the development of magnetic tangles on the Sun has led to a breakthrough in...
Planetary shields will buckle under stellar winds from their dying stars
Any life identified on planets orbiting white dwarf stars almost certainly evolved after the star's death, says a new...
Tail without a comet: the dusty remains of Comet ATLAS
A serendipitous flythrough of the tail of a disintegrated comet has offered scientists a unique opportunity to study these...
Scientists solve 40-year mystery over Jupiter’s X-ray aurora
A research team co-led by UCL (University College London) has solved a decades-old mystery as to how Jupiter produces...
Why does Mercury have such a big iron core? Magnetism!
A new study disputes the prevailing hypothesis on why Mercury has a big core relative to its mantle (the...
The give and take of mega-flares from stars
The long relationships between stars and the planets around them -- including the Sun and the Earth -- may...
Lightning impacts edge of space in ways not previously observed
Solar flares jetting out from the sun and thunderstorms generated on Earth impact the planet's ionosphere in different ways,...
Boundary of heliosphere mapped
For the first time, the boundary of the heliosphere has been mapped, giving scientists a better understanding of how...
Boundary of heliosphere mapped
For the first time, the boundary of the heliosphere has been mapped, giving scientists a better understanding of how...
The sun’s clock: All cycles fit the picture: New calculations support and expand planetary hypothesis
Not only the very concise 11-year cycle, but also all other periodic solar activity fluctuations can be clocked by...
