The sun is in its solar maximum phase and the Earth is pointed in just the right direction to make the northern lights more ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new phase of matter while studying a model system of a magnetic material.

Chinook salmon start their lives high upstream in the rivers of western North America. The young fish linger in the safety of ...

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

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The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

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Meteorologist James Spann appeals to his 1.3 million Facebook followers to support the agency that produces the data he ...

The magnetic north pole is not in the same location as the geographic north pole, which is located 1,300 miles away.

Scientists have unlocked a way to read magnetic orientation at record-breaking speeds using terahertz radiation. Modern hard ...

Contrary to previous assumptions, the Moon's passage through Earth's magnetic field, or "geotail," does not lead to lower plasma densities. Listen to Story Scientists from the Space Physics Laboratory ...