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MAVEN Detects Zwan‑Wolf Effect Operating in Mars’s Ionosphere

A strong December 2023 solar storm amplified Mars’s induced magnetic flux tubes to squeeze charged particles, lowering local plasma by roughly 30–40%.

Solar Orbiter Study Finds Large Solar Flare Triggered by 'Magnetic Avalanche'

CFS Installs First SPARC Magnet, Taps Nvidia and Siemens for AI Digital Twin

Astronomers Confirm First Coronal Mass Ejection From Another Star

First Direct Detection of Torsional Alfvén Waves in the Sun’s Corona

Inouye Solar Telescope Resolves Solar Flare Loops as Thin as 21 Kilometers

Parker Solar Probe Confirms Long-Standing Solar Reconnection Theory In Situ

NASA Launches Twin TRACERS Probes to Study Solar Wind–Magnetosphere Coupling

NASA’s TRACERS Satellites Poised for Vandenberg Launch to Probe Solar-Earth Magnetic Link

NASA Releases Closest-Ever Images of the Sun From Parker Solar Probe