A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

In fact, the discovery actually supports a key part of the theory about how chorus waves work. Using data from the ...

Earth’s magnetic field is detected by species across the animal kingdom, but new research suggests that sea turtles may be ...

The reversal could actually have a beneficial effect on Earth. The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years ...

The importance of the world’s magnetic field is difficult to understate ... These updates will happen in the background on navigational systems from airlines to smartphones, and this new model will ...

“The current behaviour of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before,” William Brown, a global geomagnetic field modeler at the British Geological Survey, said in a statemen ...

the magnetic north pole’s position is determined by Earth’s magnetic field, which is in constant motion. Over the past few decades, magnetic north’s movement has been unprecedented — it ...