At its current solar maximum, our Sun has been pretty busy of late, flinging parts of itself at Earth and raising concerns about effects on satellites and power grids while also gracing us with ...

UPDATE: IMAP successfully launched around 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 24. On Wednesday, Sept. 24, a scientific instrument from Colorado is scheduled to launch into space from NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

Space plasma physics examines the behaviour of ionised gases in planetary and astrophysical environments where electromagnetic forces dominate over collisional interactions. This field explores ...

Groundbreaking advances in solar and space physics have provided key insights into the inner workings of the heliosphere, the vast protective bubble formed by the solar wind that extends from the Sun ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a vision for solar and space physics to advance understanding of physics in space; comprehend the ...

Five years after the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory telescope — the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope until 2016, when China completed a larger one — space physicist Qihou Zhou is ...

Delving into the behaviors of the Sun and protecting humans at home and beyond are top priorities, according to the National Academies. Reading time 3 minutes The latest Decadal Survey for Solar and ...

Their work introduces a new concept called q-desics, short for quantum-corrected paths through space–time. These paths generalize the familiar trajectories predicted by Einstein’s general theory of ...

Like-charged objects were found to clump together while opposites repelled because of the newly discovered "electrosolvation force." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The discovery could hold the key to the origin of supermassive black holes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The hungriest known ...

From the mysterious Planet Nine to the prospect of a "human-caused meteor shower," space and physics editor Brandon Specktor lists his favorite stories of 2024. When you purchase through links on our ...