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Out today from National Geographic is Infinite Cosmos, a gorgeous-looking book by Ethan ... The prominence plasma flows along a tangled and twisted structure of magnetic fields generated by the sun’s ...

Earth's magnetic field occasionally bursts into song — but these compositions are written with electromagnetic radiation, not ...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that ...

A quantum "miracle material" could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers at the University of Regensburg and ...

Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.

The magnetic barrier that protects Earthlings from radiation almost collapsed some 565 million years ago. Here’s what saved it.

or the tilt of magnetic field lines relative to Earth’s surface, and intensity, or the strength of the magnetic field. The researchers generated mismatched magnetic fields by combining the ...

Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, ...

Over time, changes to this innermost layer could impact the planet’s magnetic field, which shields our world from solar radiation — and helps guide the migrations of many animals. Loggerhead ...