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 ...

paleomagnetic records show that the intensity drops by up to 90 percent in the process of pole-switching. We should all feel grateful that we live in a time of magnetic stability, because the field ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move—and in surprising ways.With the release of the World Magnetic Model 2025, scientists reveal new details about its unpredictable journey and why it ...

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center expects the CME to graze the Earth’s magnetic field and potentially ... lights most frequently seen near the poles ...