A geomagnetic superstorm is an extreme space weather event that occurs when the sun releases massive amounts of energy and ...

Last year, the most violent geomagnetic storm to strike Earth in over two decades did more than disrupt GPS systems and ...

A massive solar storm in May 2024 gave scientists an unprecedented look at how Earth’s protective plasma layer collapses ...

A massive geomagnetic superstorm in May 2024 gave scientists an unprecedented look at how Earth’s plasma shield collapses and slowly rebuilds under extreme solar pressure. Using the perfectly ...

While last week's stunning auroras delighted many people across Australia, a massive solar storm that hit last year squeezed ...

The presence of a “space wind” in the plasmasphere of the Earth has been detected for the first time, according to a physicist in France. The direct observation of this “plasmaspheric wind” – ...

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 ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A team of Chinese scientists and their overseas counterparts have for the first time discovered evidence of a lunar tide-induced signal in the Earth's plasmasphere, the inner region of the ...

A powerful geomagnetic storm recently compressed Earth’s outer plasma shield so dramatically that satellites found themselves ...