Nearly two centuries after Faraday's failed attempts, scientists have demonstrated that Earth's continuous spin can directly ...

Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers have detected a new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way galaxy. The ...

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The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, conducted a series of experiments. It drilled three feet into the lunar soil, took X-ray images of the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects Earth ...

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Meteorologist James Spann appeals to his 1.3 million Facebook followers to support the agency that produces the data he ...

The magnetic north pole is not in the same location as the geographic north pole, which is located 1,300 miles away.

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The Schuler period was important for the invention of the gyrocompass: Even Albert Einstein was involved in the development ...

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 ...

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