Earth’s magnetic field has flipped 171 times over the last 71 million years, with the last reversal about 780,000 years ago. A weakening magnetic field could impact satellites and GPS, but changes ...

The University of Iowa's NASA mission, TRACERS, successfully launched into orbit, marking a significant milestone in space ...

San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute is managing the $115 million mission examining the effects of solar winds.

TRACERS launch paves the way for NASA to study magnetic reconnection and how solar activity affects near-Earth space.

For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the ...

At high doses, cosmic rays can tear through DNA molecules and damage biological tissue. Prolonged exposure to cosmic ...

This image depicts the X-ray emission intensity distribution (keyed in colors) calculated by the proposed model and Earth’s ...

The mission will help better predict how energy from the sun affects life on Earth, including disruptions to satellites, power grids and astronauts.

The University of Iowa led NASA TRACERS mission launches today around 1 p.m. Here's how to tune in online or at a Iowa City ...

After years of research and hard work, the TRACERS spacecraft, a duo satellite project, is set to launch on Wednesday from ...

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, a collaborative effort led ...

NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, a collaborative effort led ...