The temporary belts, one of which still remains, were filled with high-energy electrons and protons and were found by a ...

There's a place on Earth where lightning flashes almost every night—until, one day, it stopped. What causes the Catatumbo ...

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

Earth two new temporary radiation belts, according to NASA's CubeSat mission. One of these belts could stay in place for a ...

Radiation belts are a normal part of the architecture of a planet with a global magnetic field. Stars are constantly leaking particles, borne by a stellar wind; these stream out and, where they ...

The storm injected a substantial amount of energy into Earth's upper atmosphere, inflating the thermosphere and increasing the atmospheric drag on the satellite. This slowed its orbit, causing it ...

A solar explosion called a coronal mass ejection is poised to graze Earth on Friday or Saturday (Jan. 24 or Jan. 25), potentially triggering colorful auroras over the northern U.S. A powerful ...

The most powerful solar storm to impact Earth in decades caused the temporary formation of radiation belts around Earth, NASA recently announced. A NASA CubeSat satellite made the discovery, which ...