Simulations and satellite data reveal that Earth's magnetic field is more complex than scientists had thought. Scientists ...
Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.
Microscopic magnetic fossils found in North Atlantic seafloor sediments may represent components of an internal "GPS system" ...
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Earth's Equator Defies Magnetic Polarity Rules

For decades, scientists assumed that Earth’s magnetosphere had the same charge polarity from pole to equator. That assumption ...
A growing weak spot in the magnetic field surrounding the Earth could lead to satellite malfunction and even cause them to ...
Will the pole shift actually happen? Discover more about Earth’s magnetic poles and how they’ve shifted in the past.
The EHT captured a surprising polarization reversal around M87*, pointing to rapidly changing magnetic fields near the black ...
Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, ...
A severe geomagnetic storm watch was issued by NOAA on Tuesday in response to recent coronal mass ejections from the sun.
Some states in the northern parts of the contiguous U.S. have a chance of seeing the northern lights on Wednesday, Nov. 12.
Interest in Martian life had been spurred by a now infamous announcement from the White House lawn in 1996, when President ...
Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.