This article was originally published with the title “ Magnetic Fields on the Quiet Sun ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 215 No. 5 (November 1966), p. 54 doi:10.1038 ...

The sun's magnetic field is constantly changing unlike Earth's, which means it's growing and shrinking in strength. Sometimes it can swell to be thousands of times stronger than Earth's.

Advanced materials with finely tuned electric and magnetic properties ... and could allow us to achieve magnetic field observations with atomic-level resolution.” ...