The Moon’s two hemispheres have spent billions of years facing very different surroundings. Its far side looks away from ...

The farside of the moon receives solar wind particles at nearly full speed, while its Earth-facing side is hit by the same ...

China’s Chang’e-6 samples have uncovered a surprising difference between the Moon’s two hemispheres. Solar wind particles ...

An image of the Earth and moon comparing ocean tides (shown as a small blue ring) to plasmasphere tides (shown as a large orange ring) The moon exerts a previously unknown tidal force on the "plasma ...

The region of space dominated by Earth's magnetic field is the magnetosphere. Observations have shown that, within this region, an electric force acts from the morning side to the evening side as seen ...

Solar wind differences between the lunar nearside and farside under the influence of Earth's magnetosphere. [Photo provided ...

Two University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists have discovered a new type of "whistler," an electromagnetic wave that carries a substantial amount of lightning energy to the Earth's magnetosphere. The ...

Earth is constantly being hammered by charged particles emitted by the Sun that have enough power to make life on Earth almost impossible. We survive because Earth’s magnetic field traps and deflects ...

Mars aurora science overturned: a Nature Communications study using archived MAVEN orbiter data confirms that the Dungey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Earth's magnetic field deflects particles emitted by the Sun. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images The Earth’s ...

The failure of the Geotail's final data recorder has forced its mission to end after 31 years in orbit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Two scientists discovered a new type of 'whistler,' an electromagnetic wave that carries a substantial amount of lightning energy to the Earth's magnetosphere. Two University of Alaska Fairbanks ...