Researchers have identified a period of sluggish magnetic field flipping for planet Earth, some 40 million years ago – ...

Learn how some of Earth’s magnetic field flips last longer than others, weakening our defenses against cosmic radiation.

A novel method to manipulate the inner structure of cells connects several scientific fields and could represent a ...

Tiny highly uniform magnetic fields are known to pervade the universe, influencing various cosmological processes. To date, ...

Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient sediments hint that Earth’s magnetic field sometimes changed far more slowly than expected.

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

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have identified the true source of a magnetic effect seen in the material ruthenium dioxide (RuO₂), helping resolve an active debate in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 11 years of satellite data reveal that Earth’s magnetic field is reshaping. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) More than a decade of ...

If our planet flips and no one’s around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Scientists have managed to put a chilling soundtrack to the flipping of Earth’s magnetic field — and the result is ...

The planet's lopsided magnetic field is twisting the light shows.