Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner ...

Why Do Dogs Spin Around Before They Poop? A few theories have circulated about why dogs might circle before pooping, and most ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

Spring equinox may be the best time to see the aurora with a peak in solar activity combining with a special effect.

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

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 ...

The Analyzer for Cusp Electrons (ACE) is designed to measure electron activity in the region of the northern magnetospheric ...

Walking on a hilltop in an all-but-deserted town in Southwest Mississippi, a man searched for lost graves. Most graves in the area are unmarked, so he relies on copper, steel and the Earth's magnetic ...