A new study develops a theory of how magnetic switchbacks are formed around the sun. This quantitative model can be used to predict magnetic field variations and potentially explain the heating and ...

Which solar system model is best? For as long as humans could look up at the night sky, we’ve been fascinated with the stars. How far away are they? Where did they come from? What secrets do they hide ...

When private companies develop and sell solar geoengineering technologies, they draw a proprietary curtain over a planetary matter. If countries want to pursue the public good, international ...

Image: Frequency/time diagram of integrated sunlight from VIRGO data (left). Bright, horizontal lines are strongly correlated with solar flares, represented by the X-ray flux measured by GOES (right).