In January 2026, ESA’s CryoSat satellite, primarily designed to monitor polar ice, detected a powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by an X-class solar flare. This was made possible after the satellite ...
Geomagnetic storms are capable of sparking beautiful displays of the Northern Lights across our night sky. However, there is a potential danger behind that beauty, especially now, with solar activity ...
A newly developed model defines the upper limit to the strength of planetary magnetic fields. The model can help better ...
Amoré Elsje Nel works for the South African National Space Agency. She receives a Thuthuka Grant (TTK210406592410) from the National Research Foundation. A geomagnetic storm is a disturbance in ...
During Thursday's "severe" geomagnetic storm that sparked the northern lights across most of the U.S., electrical currents surged through rocks under the ground around the country. A map from the ...