It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At most, Earth's magnetic field may have remained at 25 percent of its current ...

At least three explanations are under consideration, each of which could have dramatically reshaped planetary conditions for ...

As of now, the Earth’s magnetic poles have not flipped, but they are slowly drifting. The process of the magnetic poles "flipping," also known as geomagnetic reversal, happens over thousands of years, ...

Private Moon company Astrobotic’s mission has new life after finding a match made in heaven with its new customer, Astrolab, following NASA’s decision to pull the plug on the agency’s VIPER Moon rover ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

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The 33’s signature turn swerves across up to six lanes of traffic and, on rare occasions, leaves the 40-foot-long bus stranded in the middle of an intersection, poles detached. (The bus’s ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.