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Over 40,000 years ago, Earth's magnetic field pulled a switcheroo, flipping its poles in a dramatic shift known as the ...

A new international study using ancient swamp kauri from Northland shows that Earth’s magnetic field flipped 42,000 years ago ...

A 42,000-year-old tree reveals Earth’s last magnetic pole flip, exposing the planet to deadly radiation. Scientists warn a ...

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 ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

Understanding the Mystique of Magnetic Pole Shifts Magnetic pole shifts, a subject shrouded in both fascination and fear, ...

Understanding Earth’s Core Earth's core is the heart of our planet; it's a fiery furnace where temperatures soar higher than ...

With the right preparations and technological solutions in place, aviation would continue to operate safely, even during a ...

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a ...

Charged particles will only experience a force in a magnetic field if they are moving. The direction of the force is both perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field and the direction of the ...

During his first week in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that aims to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.