The powerful coronal mass ejection would have likely destroyed the atmospheres of any potentially habitable planets nearby ...

An extrapolation technique aims to address the gap between Hall effect thruster performance in space and in laboratory conditions.

For years, astronomers talked about coronal mass ejections on other stars almost like ghost stories. You hear signs, hints ...

Scientists have confirmed that eruptions from distant stars can escape their star's pull. A radio telescope in the ...

A coronal mass ejection from a distant star has been confirmed for the first time, raising questions about how such events ...

The findings could clarify the origins of the enigmatic and brilliant emissions that often come from the deep recesses of space. reading time 2 minutes A team of researchers believes the flurry of ...

Space plasma physics examines the behaviour of ionised gases in planetary and astrophysical environments where electromagnetic forces dominate over collisional interactions. This field explores ...

Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, ...

Using measurements of the four ESA’s Cluster satellites, a study published this week in Nature Physics shows pioneering experimental evidence of magnetic reconnection also in turbulent ‘plasma’ around ...

Fusion energy is being researched and developed as a new source of electric power that will contribute to the realization of a carbon-neutral society. At the National Institute for Fusion Science, ...