Space Physics

Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than scientists once suspected, according to new research.

Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than scientists once suspected, according to new research led by the University of Colorado Boulder. In some cases, these tiny patches of ice might exist in permanent shadows no bigger than a penny.

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The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, perhaps siphoned away by the planet's magnetic field. Eight and a half years into its grand tour of the solar system, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft was ready for another encounter. It was January 24, 1986, and soon it would

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Working together with space researchers, Finnish amateur photographers have discovered a new auroral form. Named "dunes" by the hobbyists, the phenomenon is believed to be caused by waves of oxygen atoms glowing due to a stream of particles released from the Sun.

The analysis of fireball observations in large datasets can be made much quicker with the help of a neat mathematical formula.

In 1970, a Zambia-based nun named Sister Mary Jucunda wrote to Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, then-associate director of science at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, in response…

NASA analyzing data from the Voyager 2's 1986 visit to Uranus and found the magnetic bubble surrounding the planet is allowing bits of its atmosphere to leak into space.

NASA announced they have selected the proposed Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) mission to…

A new analysis of 30-year-old data has revealed that the huge magnetic bubble surrounding the planet Uranus is siphoning its atmosphere off into space.

A duo of space physicists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center analyzed high-resolution magnetic field data collected by Voyager 2 during the Uranus flyby in 1986 and found that the spacecraft flew through a plasmoid -- a giant bubble filled with planetary plasma -- in the tail of Uranus' magnetosphere.

Boston University astrophysicist and collaborators reveal a new model of our heliosphere that's shaped somewhere between a croissant and a beach ball. The heliosphere is a vast region, extending more than twice as far as Pluto. It casts a magnetic "force field" around all the planets, deflecting

Amateur photographers in Finland have discovered a new form of aurora, scientists announced in a new study published this week.

It appears solar storms not only paint the polar skies in a diverse palette of colours, but may be hazardous for humans. Anyway, what appears to be the most mind-blowing is that their source is in really close proximity to us, Earth-dwellers.

Cassini observations reveal for the first time the detailed structure of the main auroral arc which varies between a smooth and a rippled shape, likely depending on how quiet or disturbed the plasma near Saturn is.

The solar wind that pummels the Earth's dayside magnetosphere causes turbulence, like air over a wing. Physicists at Rice University have developed new methods to characterize how that influences space weather on the nightside.

A type of Martian aurora first identified by NASA's MAVEN spacecraft in 2016 is actually the most common form of aurora occurring on the Red Planet, according to new results from the mission. The aurora is known as a proton aurora and can help scientists track water loss from Mars' atmosphere.

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has spotted a pulsing ultraviolet light in the Martian night sky.