Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

Understanding these patterns could help scientists predict ... for predicting future magnetic behavior. The study of Earth's magnetic field and its potential flip within a human lifetime offers ...

The sun, our life-sustaining star, is a source of light, warmth, and energy. But what if it had a dark side? What if the sun, ...

Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current within the wire. This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate. In the Earth (see ...

Reader Jayant Bhalerao, a college physics instructor, found the story useful in class: “We will share it with our students, so that they can appreciate how ...

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the aurora-causing effects of the solar wind. However, towards the equinox, the two fields ...

In theory, as Earth spins through its magnetic field, any conductive material placed on its surface should experience a force ...

Fluid-rock interactions on ancient Mars may have produced abundant magnetic minerals that preserved unusually intense records ...