New research is turning a long‑standing hunch about sea turtles into a detailed map of how these animals read the planet itself. Scientists are now showing that turtles do not just sense Earth’s ...

NOAA has forecast a G1-class geomagnetic storm, the mildest level on the geomagnetic scale, yet still powerful enough to ...

For decades, school posters and science museum displays have grouped Uranus and Neptune together as “ice giants,” a tidy ...

Just ahead of the third instalment of Hideki Kamiya's stylish action game series, PlatinumGames revealed that Taylor — who ...

Williams Lake Trail leads to an alpine lake nestled beneath Wheeler Peak, New Mexico’s highest point, while the West Rim Trail offers spectacular views of the Rio Grande Gorge. In winter, Taos Ski ...

Ever seen the northern lights? You have a magnetic layer in Earth’s atmosphere to thank for those beautiful displays. But the magnetosphere does a lot more than create auroras.

Earth's protective magnetic shield has a weak spot, the South Atlantic Anomaly, which is expanding and splitting. This anomaly, driven by changes in Earth's core, poses risks to satellites and ...

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to detect the magnetic field when navigating using the magnetic map they are ...

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

Astronomers have produced the first continuous, two-dimensional maps of the outer edge of the sun's atmosphere, a shifting, ...

A fresh shot of Arctic air could bring the coldest air of the season for many this week, according to AccuWeather ...