Particles that escaped Earth’s atmosphere accumulated on the lunar surface over billions of years. Here’s what you’ll learn ...

A growing “dent” in Earth’s magnetic field over the South Atlantic has expanded dramatically in the last decade, raising ...

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...

The Moon is one of the most charming objects in the night sky, casting its beautiful white light on the Earth. It is also its ...

Scientists discovered Earth’s magnetic field is weakening over the Atlantic Ocean, but what does that mean for life on the ...

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

Scientists in the United States have created a small device that produces a tiny electrical signal from Earth’s natural rotation. Although the voltage is extremely small, the experiment shows that ...

University of Leicester engineers have unveiled a concept for a device designed to magnetically "cloak" sensitive components, ...

Our planet's invisible shield is changing in ways that scientists are only beginning to understand. Over the past two hundred ...

A research team has demonstrated that thin films of ruthenium dioxide (RuO₂) exhibit altermagnetism—the defining property of ...

The Moon has no real atmosphere, but Earth has, in a sense, been generously trying to share its own for billions of years.

Pigeons may sense Earth’s magnetic field using their inner ear, sending signals to brain areas that help with navigation and ...