In contrast, the magnetosphere of the gas giant Jupiter is dominated by rotation, and is filled with ionized material from its volcanic moon Io. Magnetic reconnection, while present, plays a secondary ...

Something is varying the way that Enceladus is interacting with Saturn's magnetosphere, and the MIMI team suggest that it is the ice eruptions on Enceladus that are the cause.

Saturn's magnetosphere is the third largest structure in the solar system, eclipsed only by the magnetic fields of the sun and Jupiter. Unlike Earth, which has a visible rocky surface and rotates ...

Saturn’s magnetosphere, a vast and dynamic region dominated by the planet’s intrinsic magnetic field, plays a pivotal role in governing its interactions with the solar wind.

When interplanetary shock waves hit the Cassini spacecraft and then Saturn in January 2004, it presented a unique opportunity to study the planet's magnetosphere and to compare it with that of Earth.

With this data, collected in 2017 using the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawai'i, the scientists were able to map flows in Saturn's ionosphere, located beneath the magnetosphere over the course of a ...

Understanding the motion and source of the plasma around Saturn is important for understanding the dynamics of the magnetosphere. Researchers present a theory that describes plasma transport in ...

Tethys' orbit lies deep inside the magnetosphere of Saturn, which means that the plasma co-rotating with the planet strikes the trailing hemisphere of the moon.

A loosely knit band of roving ice boulders in orbit around Saturn could be providing the raw material for one of the planet's rings, scientists say. IE 11 is not supported.