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

The magnetic north pole, meanwhile, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where Earth's magnetic field lines point directly into the planet. The complex motion of the outer core causes the ...

Scientists know well how conventional materials conduct heat. However, things are not as straightforward under extreme ...

If you took introductory physics, you learned about the “fundamental forces.” It goes something like this: All interactions ...

According to estimates, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is generated every day, indicating the need for highly efficient data ...

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

Such reversals in the Earth's magnetic field, they'd tell you, are, roughly speaking, as common as ice ages. That is, they're terrifically infrequent by human standards, but in geologic terms they ...

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

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 ...

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 lines of Earth’s magnetic field point from one pole to the other. When the solar wind approaches Earth, it pulls at the magnetic field, distorting its field lines. Eric Donovan, an assistant ...

High-speed winds from a spot on the sun’s surface may affect Earth’s magnetic field, pulling the phenomenon further south.