Uranus Spins Sideways, the Stranger Story Is What That Does to the Space Around ItUranus spins on its side, creating a wild magnetosphere. Unlike Earth's stable bubble, Uranus's magnetic field is lopsided and constantly s...
08 Mar, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
Those Northern Lights Aren’t Just Pretty, They’re Telling Us Something About SpaceAuroras are more than just beautiful lights. Scientists now use three-dimensional maps to understand auroras as monitors of space weather. ...
07 Mar, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
Is Earth's Magnetic Shield Failing? Scientists Warn of Solar Storm DangersOur planet's magnetic shield, the magnetosphere, actively responds to powerful solar events. These cosmic storms can compress and reshape t...
27 Feb, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
Earth has an invisible tail? NASA reveals a fascinating space discovery stretching millions of kilometresOur planet Earth and Mercury have invisible tails stretching millions of kilometres. These cosmic tails are real phenomena. Mercury's tail ...
13 Dec, 2025, 11.53 AM IST
Mystery green lights paint Russian skies from St. Petersburg to Siberia, photos go viralA captivating green glow, the aurora borealis, has been illuminating Russian skies, visible even in St. Petersburg. This unusual intensity ...
30 Sep, 2025, 08.08 AM IST
Are aliens singing? NASA satellites detect bird-like whistling sound 1,00,000 km away earthNASA's MMS mission discovered whistler-mode chorus waves in an unexpected region, the terrestrial mid-tail neutral sheet, revealing new ins...
27 Jan, 2025, 10.18 AM IST
Why is NASA sending rockets straight into the Northern Lights? Here's the reason the space agency is citingNASA is launching rockets into the Northern Lights from Alaska to investigate why auroras have distinct movements such as flickering and pu...
24 Jan, 2025, 02.35 AM IST
What are auroras, and why do they come in different shapes and colours? Nasa experts explainNowadays, we understand auroras are caused by charged particles from Earth's magnetosphere and the solar wind colliding with other particle...
29 Mar, 2023, 06.16 PM IST
- NASA probe finds new magnetic process in turbulent space
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Scientists working with a NASA probe that investigates how the Sun's and Earth's magnetic fields connect and disc...
10 May, 2018, 11.12 AM IST
- Jupiter moon Ganymede's environment unique: NASA probe
Washington, May 1 (IANS) The magnetic field around Jupiter's moon Ganymede makes it unlike any other in the solar system, shows newly analy...
01 May, 2018, 01.17 PM IST
Electrons behind colourful auroras observed for the first timeWhile the cause of these colourful auroras has long been hypothesized, researchers had never directly observed the underlying mechanism unt...
15 Feb, 2018, 01.16 PM IST
- Uranus' unusual rotation creates light switch effect: Study
New York, June 27 (IANS) Uranus' magnetosphere -- the region defined by the icy planet's magnetic field and the material trapped inside it ...
27 Jun, 2017, 03.52 PM IST
- NASA's MMS creates new Guinness World Record
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) NASA has said its Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS -- that is giving scientists new insight into Earths m...
05 Nov, 2016, 11.52 AM IST
Solar storms trigger Jupiter's 'Northern Lights'It is the first time that Jupiter's X-ray aurora has been studied when a giant storm from the Sun arrived at the planet, researchers said.
28 Mar, 2016, 02.12 PM IST
Scientists find evidence of plasma tubes floating above for the first timeResearchers using a radio telescope to see in 3D detected the existence of tubular plasma structures in the inner layers of the magnetosphe...
02 Jun, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
Irregularities in Earth's atmosphere can distort GPS signalsSignals travelling between Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and electronic devices, especially at high latitudes, can get distort...
01 Mar, 2015, 06.35 PM IST
NASA spacecraft to study Earth's magnetic fieldsThe mission observes reconnection directly in Earth's protective magnetic space environment known as the magnetosphere.
26 Feb, 2015, 04.39 PM IST