The sun's magnetic field last flipped toward the end of 2013. What causes this switch in polarity, and is it dangerous for anything on Earth? Let's take a deep dive into the phenomenon of the sun ...

The planet’s geodynamo—responsible for this magnetic field—occasionally destabilizes ... urging further research into their underlying mechanisms. Throughout Earth's history, our planet ...

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

Uncover the surprising connection between Earth storms and space radiation through the effects of lightning on high-energy ...

Merging some esoteric physics principles with an advanced instrument creates a magnetic microscope with resolution better ...

The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space, but their mission in interstellar ...

Instead, the material is split into magnetic domains—within ... Previous attempts used a combination of magnetic and electric fields, notes Wang, but that required bulkier instruments and ...

One of the many unseen forces to which you owe your existence is magnetism. If it weren’t for the magnetic field that surrounds our planet, blocking cosmic radiation and solar wind, Earth would likely ...

The turtles rely on Earth’s magnetic field to help them navigate in two ... that lures cave spiders from their webs and turns them into “zombies.” The fungus first came to light when a ...

The team delved deeper into the differences between the two by using broadband radiofrequency fields “known to disrupt magnetic sensing in birds and other animals”. “Remarkably, the antenna ...