A camera affixed to the International Space Station recently spotted some curious symbols amid a barren desert landscape.

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

Imagine crossing vast oceans, soaring across continents, or tunneling deep beneath the earth—without ever getting lost. For ...

spectroscopy is a technique that detects the chemical environment of atomic nuclei by the absorption of radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation when in the presence of a high magnetic field.

Like Earth, Mars once had a strong magnetic field that shielded its thick atmosphere from the solar wind. But now only the ...

What if Earth’s magnetic field disappeared tomorrow? Explore the catastrophic effects on life, technology, and the planet’s atmosphere, including increased radiation, satellite failures, and the ...

This restless movement of metal generates the planet’s magnetic field—a force invisible to the eye but deeply influential in everything from global navigation to shielding Earth from solar ...

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“Now, for the first time, we are seeing directly that strong magnetic fields may play an important role in suppressing star formation, even at small scales.” The forces at play in the region ...

The Dermatology Department of The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230001, China ...

From South America to southwest Africa, the SAA has been likened to a “dent” in Earth’s magnetic field or a “pothole in space” by the premier space agency. The phenomenon has intrigued and concerned ...

During the late Ediacaran period (about 550–540 million years ago), Earth experienced significant biological, geochemical, and geomagnetic changes, leading to widespread remagnetization ...