Radiation 'cavity' near the moon may reduce astronaut exposure to cosmic radiation

For a few hours each lunar day, the radiation environment near the moon quietly shifts. Measurements now suggest that parts ...

Earth's magnetic field creates a previously undetected pocket of protection from radiation on the moon

High-energy particles called galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) bombard unprotected objects in space, often causing damage. Earth, ...

If the Laschamps geomagnetic excursion happened today, aviation radiation exposure would be radically altered

Earth's magnetic field acts as a vital shield against radiation arriving from space, but it is not constant. A new ...
Scientific American

Earth’s magnetic field may be more powerful than we thought

A major defense against everything space throws at us, Earth’s magnetic field may even protect the moon from damaging ...
Newsweek

Decades-Old Uranus Mystery May Have Been Solved

Uranus's mysteriously asymmetrical and skewed magnetic field has long confounded astronomers—until now. When the Voyager 2 spacecraft zipped past Uranus in 1986, it noticed that the huge gas giant's ...
Hackaday

X-Rays From An Overdriven Magnetron

If you say that you’re “nuking” something, pretty much everyone will know that you mean you’re heating something in the microwave. It’s technically incorrect, of course, as the magnetron inside the ...
Forbes

Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Warping — And Scientists Don’t Know Why

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the ...