Have you ever played with a magnet and stuck it in a sandy wash? It will pick up lots of black stuff. Some call it black sand; some might think ...

A study by geophysicists from UC Berkeley and their Italian and French colleagues has shed new light on Earth's last major magnetic reversal. Occurring 786,000 years ago, the flip happened ...

One theory suggests superplumes could be leftovers from Theia, the Mars-sized protoplanet that formed the Moon after colliding with Earth. 'James Webb killer is here': NASA’s SPHEREx will scan ...

What Happens if Earth’s Poles Flip? If a magnetic reversal does occur, the consequences could be significant. The North and ...

Magnetite, like the name implies, is magnetic. Other magnetic minerals include pyrrhotite and ilmenite. Lodestone is a name given to magnetite that has polarity. Really, all magnetite has polarity ...

Last May, as the strongest solar storm in decades swept through the Earth’s upper atmosphere ... year of frequent and intense auroras across Europe as the Sun’s magnetic poles flip – part of an ...

Now, though, a controversial new paper warns that falling space junk could actually weaken Earth’s magnetic field. If that happens, the author of the paper argues that we could see atmospheric ...

After the launch of its flagship Galaxy S25 series, the South Korean tech giant is now preparing for the launch of its next-generation foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Flip 7. Although the ...