NASA has successfully tested an electric force field on the Moon that protects spacecraft from destructive lunar dust. The ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

With an underlying universal theme of convection, a new textbook introduces upper-level geology, geophysics, physics, and engineering students to the geophysics behind the Earth System.

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning, a new study suggests, offering an out-of-this-world answer to a ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe explores the sun's mysteries, revealing new insights into solar phenomena and the solar wind.

For over half a century, scientists suspected a quiet but powerful electric field might be influencing Earth’s upper ...

For nearly two centuries, scientists have wondered if Earth’s rotation through its magnetic field could produce electricity.

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Nearly two centuries after Faraday’s failed attempts, scientists have demonstrated that Earth's continuous spin can directly ...

A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S ...

Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is convinced. Electricity can be generated from the energy of Earth ...

Our team’s blog posts from last year will give you some background material on the set-up of the expedition and work over the ice sheet. It describes the travel to our field site in Greenland and the ...