Saturn’s magnetic shield is unexpectedly lopsided, with its entry point for solar particles pushed off-center. Scientists ...

High-energy particles called galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) bombard unprotected objects in space, often causing damage. Earth, ...

"A better understanding of Saturn’s environment is especially urgent now as plans for our return to Saturn and its moon ...

In October 1989, a blast from the sun flung out a stream of super-powered protons. This solar storm lasted for days and ...

Earth’s magnetic field has long been framed as a planetary force field, a protective bubble that keeps the worst of the Sun’s radiation at bay. Increasingly, though, scientists are finding that this ...

Jupiter and Saturn are the two largest planets in our solar system, and both are surrounded by dozens—even hundreds—of moons.

The new miniaturized structure requires a few thousand times less power than larger magnets and it could help bring ...