The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

A controversial new study has claimed that it is possible to generate electricity using the Earth's rotation, its magnetic ...

Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.

A new study reports that researchers have successfully used a meticulously designed cylinder to harness electricity as it ...

Discover how iron's opacity in the sun challenges scientific models, and how researchers are working to resolve the discrepancy.

By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner ...

and power grids on Earth. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com Scientists have confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections in the sun’s ...

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 ...

In recent years, research has focused on a possible correlation between the sun or moon and seismic activity on Earth, with some studies pointing to tidal forces or electromagnetic effects ...

It has been found that these changes are experienced similarly at all stations where observatories have been placed on the earth's surface; they are therefore variations of the magnetic force of ...

This amplification effect is undoubtedly at the origin of the majority of astrophysical magnetic fields, such as those of the Sun or Earth,’’ explains Paul ... Many of these dynamos require rapid ...