The largest magnetic map of the universe ever produced—five times larger than all previous efforts combined—marks the ...

The mysterious invisible shield around a planet.

Picture a planet with no sunrise and no sunset. One hemisphere is scorched by a star it can never turn away from. The other ...

In an astronomical first, researchers have measured the magnetic fields of 7 "hot Jupiter" planets beyond our solar system — ...

Magnetic fields are a fundamental part of the universe. They govern how small particles – the building blocks of planets, ...

Astronomers have disovered the first robust indications of magnetism on planets outside the solar system by measuring ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising force that may help explain how binary star systems form so quickly. New supercomputer ...

Researchers at Australia's space agency have built the largest map of the universe's magnetic fields yet ...

Seidel and her team didn’t actually set out to measure magnetic fields but winds, the wind speeds on 7 exoplanets orbiting ...

A team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet that some planets outside our solar system may be magnetic. Using ...

Scientists have long known that migrating birds and homing pigeons navigate in part by sensing the Earth’s magnetic fields, ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Based on the behavior of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, ...