The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier ...

Would a dramatic change in the Earth's magnetic ... be in the offing? Animal magnetism One of the first concrete signs that animals can tap into the magnetic field was observed, as in many a ...

These fronds and fans include Earth’s earliest known animals, such as the blob-like Dickinsonia. Scientists theorize that without the protection of the magnetic field roughly 600 million years ...

Many migratory species use the Earth’s magnetic field to keep their journeys on track. Now a study of a very non-migratory animal, the Drosophila fruit fly, shows the same capacity exists in ...

Experts warn that "something" in the core of the Earth is causing the magnetic pole to shift. North Pole is shifting toward Siberia and raising concern ...

Earth’s magnetic ... produced during the polar flip, suggesting that such an event is directly linked to a dramatic change of the strength of Earth’s magnetic field. “This record reveals ...

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the ...

The moving metals in Earth's core create the planet's magnetic field. Our planet sits in a small ... planet's three major climactic zones: the polar regions in the Arctic and Antarctic, the ...

This, in turn, affects convection in the outer core—the dynamo-like process that generates the magnetic field that protects life on Earth from harmful cosmic rays. "Flow in the outer core drives ...

Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current within the wire. This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate. In the Earth (see ...