Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, ...
Based on the grazing view, the general consensus was that the plasma cells and the magnetic field shifted poleward more slowly than at the equator. But Solar Orbiter has shown that the speed is higher ...
The Northern Lights can produce an incredible view! Those colors come from a process that starts well before they appear ...
And because it extends into space, the geomagnetic field also protects orbiting spacecraft, including most satellites and the ...