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Alfvén waves, first proposed 80 years ago, could explain why the sun’s atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.
It has only been in the past century that weather prediction on Earth has advanced enough to work two weeks in advance. Predicting space weather, however, is only reliable an hour in advance.
Researchers have found the first Australian evidence of this global event, during which people on Earth would have witnessed a multitude of spectacular auroras.
Some birds may effectively possess an in-built, global GPS system.
Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity is climate-friendly, but serious cooks don’t think much of electric stoves. Will induction cooking finally catch on as an alternative?
Earth’s magnetic field locks information into lava as it cools into rock. Millions of years later, scientists can decipher this magnetic data to build geologic timelines and maps.
The Earth’s magnetic field was most likely weaker when life evolved on our planet than it is today.
The Earth’s magnetic field is a lot weaker than we would expect around the island of St Helena.
Changes in the Earth’s magnetic field pose a great risk to electronic infrastructure.
Recently, magnetic compasses at Greenwich pointed directly at true north for the first time in 360 years. This is currently happening in Western Australia too. But what does it mean?
As the Earth’s magnetic north pole heads towards Siberia, concerns have been raised that the northern lights could move with it.
Even fridge magnets have magnetic fields approximately 200 times stronger than Earth’s.
Your brain’s sensory talents go way beyond those traditional five senses. A team of geoscientists and neurobiologists explored how the human brain monitors and responds to magnetic fields.
Scientific inspiration struck a geologist after many walks through the woods in New York and New England. These ruins hold the secret of where the compass pointed north when they were built centuries ago.
What shape is an electron? The answer, believe it or not, has implications for our understanding of the entire universe, and could reveal whether there are mysterious particles still to be discovered.
When dozens of US mines planted in waters off the Vietnam coast detonated almost simultaneously in 1972, all eyes turned to the Sun for an explanation.
A strange patch of extremely strong magnetic field occurred over Jordan in 1000BC. Could we be about to face another one?
The earth’s own magnetic field offers a useful way to measure the age of rocks - information that can help unpack ancient events and aid our understanding of the present.
Cassini may be gone but the data it left behind could help reveal how long Saturn’s day is and how its magnetic field is generated.
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