“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

Scientists convert Earth's magnetic field collapse from 41,000 years ago into chilling audio, revealing ancient cosmic ...

Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ...

New NASA research demonstrates that 540 million years of Earth’s magnetic field changes have corresponded to surface ...

These magnetic fields are incredibly weak — on the order of a billion times weaker than Earth's magnetic field. But what they lack in strength they make up for in size — individual magnetic ...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and dark stripes called striations that are caused by powerful magnetic ...

Where Will The Northern Lights Be Visible Tonight? Alaskans and Canadians have the highest likelihood of seeing aurora borealis Monday night, according to NOAA’s forecast.

Sharks can navigate via Earth's magnetic field, study confirms for the first time. Scientists have long suspected the fish can travel by sensing the magnetic field, but no one knew how—until now.

What Will Happen When the Earth’s Magnetic Field Begins to Reverse? On the University of Maryland campus, a giant whirligig tries to predict the planet’s next big flip. Haley Edwards.

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