• About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • Career Center
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Support Eos
Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Sections
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Blogs
    • Research & Developments
    • The Landslide Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

solar activity

Four seemingly identical, octagonal, disklike structures, each with several various thin antennas extending outward at various angles, appear to be floating in a closely spaced cluster in space. In the background, on the right side of the image, is the round shape of the planet Earth, encircled by translucent, overlapping blue and purple lines.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Insights into an Enigmatic Form of Magnetic Reconnection

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 11 April 202511 April 2025

A new study deepens understanding of magnetic field behavior recently discovered by NASA in Earth’s magnetosphere.

Diagram from the study.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Fast Flows in Earth’s Magnetotail Surveyed by NASA Satellites

by Mary Hudson 9 April 20253 April 2025

A survey of high-speed electron flow observed by NASA satellites in the Earth’s magnetotail is presented and related to the process of magnetic field line reconnection and particle acceleration.

Composite image of a solar eruption
Posted inNews

Watching a Solar Event from All Angles

by Collin Blinder 2 January 20252 January 2025

A fleet of spacecraft captured unprecedented details of the major solar outbursts in May and June 2024.

A huge prominence shoots out into space from the surface of the Sun. The Sun’s surface and the erupted material appear to be various fiery shades of orange, red, and yellow, and the Sun’s curved horizon appears in the distance against the blackness of space, highlighting just how big the eruption is.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Blasts from the Past: New Insights from Old Space Storms

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 24 October 202424 October 2024

Reassessment and comparison of past space weather events highlight the potential for Earth to experience destructive geomagnetic disturbances.

Two drawings by astronomer Johannes Kepler of circles with black dots indicating sunspots
Posted inNews

Kepler’s Drawings Might Reveal When the Sunspots Disappeared

by Matthew R. Francis 3 September 20243 September 2024

Johannes Kepler’s landmark 1607 sunspot observations may have been made at the end of the solar cycle, helping constrain the start of the Maunder Minimum.

An artist’s depiction of the Sun, Earth, and the space between them. Dots on Earth mark the locations of ground-based instruments for monitoring space weather.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

From Sun to Earth: A New Network for Comprehensive Space Weather Monitoring

by Nathaniel Scharping 22 August 202422 August 2024

The Chinese Meridian Project combines hundreds of instruments for a detailed, three-dimensional view of the solar-terrestrial environment.

A 360° image of the night sky with a dark green hue
Posted inNews

Scientists Captured the First Glimpse of a Rare Polar Aurora

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 8 August 20248 August 2024

After a decade-long search, scientists captured a type of elusive aurora on camera.

Artist’s depiction of a huge rope of fire stretching out from the Sun, with Earth pictured to scale, very small in the corner
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Coronal Mass Ejection Gives Earth’s Magnetosphere Rare “Wings”

by Nathaniel Scharping 2 August 20242 August 2024

A massive disturbance in the solar wind caused Earth’s magnetosphere to fly without its usual tail.

A person sits at a computer screen while looking at the camera and smiling.
Posted inFeatures

Tanja Amerstorfer: Forecasting Space Weather

by Elise Cutts 25 July 202425 July 2024

The deputy head of the Austrian Space Weather Office built a supportive network.

Re-created Neolithic homes on the shore of Lake Orestiada
Posted inNews

Cosmic Rays Shed Light on Stone Age Timelines

by Caroline Hasler 5 July 20243 July 2024

Signatures of a long-ago solar storm, recorded in tree rings, helped researchers date a 7,400-year-old settlement in northern Greece.

Posts pagination

1 2 3 … 10 Older posts
A view of a Washington, D.C., skyline from the Potomac River at night. The Lincoln Memorial (at left) and the Washington Monument (at right) are lit against a purple sky. Over the water of the Potomac appear the text “#AGU24 coverage from Eos.”

Features from AGU Publications

Research Spotlights

Mapping the Ocean Floor with Ancient Tides

6 May 20256 May 2025
Editors' Highlights

First Benchmarking System of Global Hydrological Models

7 May 20257 May 2025
Editors' Vox

Decoding Crop Evapotranspiration

6 May 20256 May 2025
Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2025 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved Powered by Newspack