Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN
First-ever magnetic switchback near Earth reveals space weather secrets
A rare magnetic phenomenon, once thought confined to the sun’s outer atmosphere, has been seen to twist its way through Earth ...
Climate Compass on MSN
Why Earth's Magnetic Poles Wander More Than You Think
Picture yourself standing at the Geographic North Pole with a compass in your hand. You'd expect that trusty needle to point straight down, right into the ground.Turns out that's completely wrong.
A group of Dimetrodon's hunting in a Permian era environment. The strength of Earth’s magnetic field seems to rise and fall hand-in-hand with the abundance of oxygen in its atmosphere, a study of ...
NASA’s TRACERS mission begins early science measurements in Earth’s southern polar cusp, tracking magnetic reconnection and ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
Pigeons Rely on the Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate. Now, Researchers May Have Uncovered How They Do It
The vestibular system, a set of structures in the inner ears that helps with balance, may grant the birds their special ...
The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's ...
New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...
Recently the MagQuest competition on improving the measuring of the Earth’s magnetic field announced that the contestants in ...
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