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Geologic records reveal that magnetic field strength and oxygen levels rise and fall together, implying deep-Earth processes ...
For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...
A recent study led by NASA has revealed a surprising connection between Earth’s magnetic field and the oxygen levels that ...
Beneath the bogs of New Zealand’s Northland is a massive Ngāwhā kauri, living from 41,000 to 42,500 years ago, which gives an isolated, unbroken record of a period when Earth’s magnetic field declined ...
"If the effect is real and scaling behaves the way our equations say, then the possibility becomes real," Chyba told Newsweek.
A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...
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