When a young star forms, a ring of gas and dust called a protoplanetary disk forms around it. Together, the star and the disk ...

The magnetized rocks of Earth's crust and mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of ...

Magnetic field data collected by ESA's Swarm satellites and other sources has been coverted into these frightening sounds.

What Will Happen When the Earth’s Magnetic Field Begins to Reverse? On the University of Maryland campus, a giant whirligig tries to predict the planet’s next big flip. Haley Edwards.

Sharks can navigate via Earth's magnetic field, study confirms for the first time. Scientists have long suspected the fish can travel by sensing the magnetic field, but no one knew how—until now.

The moon may be silent and still today, but billions of years ago, it likely crackled with magnetic activity. Though the moon now lacks a global magnetic field, its rocks—especially those on the ...

Though the moon now lacks a global magnetic field, its rocks—especially those on the far side—carry strong traces of ancient magnetism. The Moon once had magnetic fields as strong as Earth’s ...

Sometimes, the magnetic fields are relatively weak, like the ones that thread their way through the spiral arms of galaxies. Sometimes, they're medium-strength, like Earth's.

A NASA satellite that’s been orbiting as space junk since 1967, Relay 2, emitted an unexpected, powerful radio burst that ...

The discovery reveals a hidden layer of complexity in the Sun’s magnetic landscape and showcases the Inouye Telescope’s ...

The study focused on two black holes — our galaxy's Sgr A* and M87*, located 55 million light-years away. Both were ...