Dramatic theories have been proposed to explain the mysterious interiors of Uranus and Neptune, the ice giants of our solar ...

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

Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

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

Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

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

Now, though, a controversial new paper warns that falling space junk could actually weaken Earth’s magnetic field ... as we believe it happened on other planets like Mercury and Mars.

The answer depends on where you are in the cosmos and what other magnetic fields are at play. On Earth, a compass needle aligns with our planet's geomagnetic field, which is generated by the ...