As the sun's magnetic field shifts, the "current sheet" — a sprawling surface that radiates billions of miles outward from the sun's equator — becomes very wavy, providing a better barrier ...

It can even have beneficial effects, such as better protection against cosmic rays, thanks to the modification of the heliospheric current sheet (see below). Scientists are closely monitoring this ...

Chinese researchers detected audible electromagnetic waves over 62,000 miles from Earth in a region where they weren't expected.