Learn how forces deep underground generate a protective bubble between us and space.

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

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

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

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 ...

The magnetic north pole’s movement ... they have occurred periodically throughout Earth’s history—the last reversal took place around 780,000 years ago. Scientists are not yet able to ...

The solar maximum, a period of intense activity, precedes the reversal of the magnetic field, which is manifested by a change in polarity at the poles of our star ... is not synonymous with disaster ...

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

Magnetic pole flips happen randomly ... before—leaving scientists unable to predict when the next reversal will occur. 'Earth's twin found': Astronomers uncover a potential habitable world ...