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

Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

The Analyzer for Cusp Electrons (ACE) is designed to measure electron activity in the region of the northern magnetospheric ...

Mars is the Red Planet, but turns out the moon has the makings of a reddish cast, too. Yes, scientists have found rust on the moon. The question is: why?

Most of the time, the Earth and Sun’s magnetic fields are misaligned, leaving our planet’s field less open to the aurora-causing effects of the solar wind. However, towards the equinox, the two fields ...

The heliosphere, a cosmic bubble formed by the Sun, protects our solar system from interstellar threats and influences life's ...

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

March is one of the best months of the year to see the aurora borealis. Here's how to catch a glimpse of the northern lights ...

Scientists report that a new class of magnetism, altermagnetism, can increase memory device operation speeds by up to a ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

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