The large golden aura is formed from the incoming light reflected off the sun-side of the occulter, a device that blocks the ...

The interstellar medium in our Milky Way galaxy is magnetic, can be compressed, and is turbulent. It affects important ...

This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...

If you ever travel back in time to hang out with Homo sapiens around 41,000 years ago, pack some sunscreen – or better yet, a ...

Climate change could cause global temperatures to increase by several degrees by the end of the century, which could lead to climate tipping points – abrupt changes in the Earth system that ... for ...

Astronomers believe that our solar system may still hold surprises ... Astronomers believe that Planet Nine could be 5-7 times the size of Earth and situated more than 200 times farther from ...

creating a magnetic field that extends from the Earth’s interior out into space, where it interacts with solar winds. This field plays a crucial role in protecting life on Earth from harmful cosmic ...

who found that sunspots have magnetic fields over a thousand times stronger than Earth’s. In 1931, French astronomer Bernard Lyot invented the coronagraph, a telescope that artificially mimics a solar ...

Iowa’s new biggest solar field is now online: a 200-megawatt (MW) solar facility in Linn County, Iowa is now generating energy for Alliant Energy customers. Alliant Energy also announced the ...

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), already the first airport in the US to be fully powered by a microgrid, is expanding its solar field with utility Duquesne Light Company (DLC) and solar ...

If the light is polarized in a particular way, it can reveal hidden details about the solar magnetic field, which is crucial for understanding solar flares, and space weather. The VTF, with its ...