The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

New research reveals how cryptochromes, magnetite, and electromagnetic induction help animals detect magnetic cues and find ...

Lunar rocks are famously dry. They contain almost none of the volatile elements that easily escape into space, such as ...

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 ...

A radio signal has been detected, pointing to the possible existence of a magnetic field on YZ Ceti b, an exoplanet 12 ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are helping reshape how scientists study the sun. The ...

A new study has found that Earth's innermost core isn't a conventional solid, but rather in a 'superionic state'.

Most people assume a compass will behave perfectly, no matter where you take it, but the magnetic pole is a […] ...

New study of Voyager 2 data shows Uranus experienced a solar wind event during the 1986 flyby, helping explain unusual magnetosphere readings ...

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A team of researchers from the University of Zurich and the NCCR PlanetS is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and Neptune, the two outer ...