Data from ESA’s Cluster mission has provided a recording of the eerie ‘song’ that Earth sings when it is hit by a solar storm. The new findings were published today in the AGU journal Geophysical ...

Earth is at left and the large arc around it is our planet's magnetic bow shock, like the pattern the bow of a boat makes when moving through water. The swirling pattern to the right is the foreshock ...

The Magnetic Fields have roughly the cultural and commercial footprint as an arthouse cinema hit. But a few weeks ago, Stephin Merritt — the group’s songwriter and chief creative officer — found ...