Earth's magnetic field occasionally bursts into song — but these compositions are written with electromagnetic radiation, not ...

For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought ...

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

Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure ...

How do you dust a star for prints? Scientists have the answer to this strange question: by reconstructing the magnetic field ...

Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young stars, a recent ...

For comparison, a typical refrigerator magnet has a magnetic field of about 1,000,000 milligauss. For the first time astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star ...

(Our planet's magnetic field should look a lot like the field around a bar magnet, but electrically charged particles in the solar wind push against the magnetic field, so the side pointing away ...

Supernova debris speeds up neutron stars, strengthening magnetic fields. This explains why low-intensity magnetars still produce bursts.

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A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation of magnetic fields using what may be the tiniest compasses around—atoms.