“If Voyager 2 had arrived just a few days earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetosphere at Uranus,” said Jamie Jasinski of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern ...

The suppressed magnetosphere was a surprise because the electron radiation belts were intense – second only to Jupiter in the solar system, according to NASA. Study authors say this oddity was likely ...

Nov. 21, 2024 — Researchers have reported the discovery of a previously unknown compound in chloraminated drinking water. Inorganic chloramines are commonly used to disinfect drinking water to ...

This includes the solar wind and its interaction with the Earth and near-Earth space ... conclusion that Uranus possesses the most extreme magnetosphere within the Solar System.

A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is still a potential threat to Earth in 2029, according to new simulations. Asteroid 99942, which is about 1,200 feet/370 meters ...

I squeeze my body through a gap – clambering on my hands, knees and stomach – until the slanted gash in the Earth opens into a small cavern. Perched on a rock, Short looks as comfortable as ...

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

Such a wonky magnetosphere would probably give rise to peculiar auroras unlike what we see on Earth. “There have been a lot of open questions about what the interaction of the solar wind with ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface. When you ...

A number of ancient cultures believed that the Earth was flat because, simply, they didn’t know any better. But incredibly, there are people today who still believe that the Earth is flat ...