Tag: magnetic field

A new image of M87's black hole in polarized light gives us a spectacular view of the powerful spacetime event.

It was a big climate disaster that could have wiped out Neanderthals.

Hopefully the findings translate to humans as well.

If you could go back in time and look at a compass, it would show something very different.

Man's best friend is even more awesome than we knew.

The planet's magnetic north pole is shifting at an alarming rate. Luckily, our magnetic model has received a much needed ...

Humans have a 'sixth sense' after all.

It's larger than the Earth itself.

A pole reversal could fry our electronics.

Magnetic poles will likely remain in place for the foreseeable future.

Turtles have a magnetic-based, extremely accurate GPS which they use to navigate the oceans.

Seeing is believing.

Ah, alcohol. The basis of any sound science.

Each of the two belts surrounds the Earth in a sort of doughnut-shaped formation.

Mars has an invisible magnetic tail and it might contribute to Martian atmospheric loss.

The northern lights might be a brilliant spectacle for some, but they spelled doom for some unfortunate sperm whales.

Geologists, archaeologists, physicists, and ancient potters - working together to solve one of the Earth's greatest mysteries. Who would have ...

Fee-shee go home.

Earth's magnetic past wasn't as simple as today.

Our planet's magnetic field is the first and ultimate shield that guards life from the elements of space, particularly radiation. ...