Scientists create first-ever 3D map of Uranus’ upper atmosphere
A research team has successfully created the first-ever three-dimensional map of Uranus’s upper atmosphere. This reveals how the…
Aussie man discovers insects ‘worshipping’ magnet in yard: ‘They’re drawn to it’
The discovery of insects “worshipping” a magnet has sparked a surge of interest on social media. A photo…
“No One Has Considered These Systems the Way We Did”: The Magnetic Power that Created ‘Impossible’ Black Holes
In 2023, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration detected gravitational waves from the largest black hole merger ever recorded, in…
Scientists Revisiting the ‘Faraday Effect’ Have Uncovered a Surprising Magnetic Interaction Between Light and Matter
Light’s magnetic field influences matter, according to new findings by Israeli researchers, challenging long-held assumptions that light only…
A Giant Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Spreading and Scientists Are Worried
A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to…
Oxford team makes world’s first plasma ‘fireballs’ in CERN experiment
In a world first, plasma “fireballs” have been created in the lab setting using the Super Proton Synchrotron…
A Giant Magnetic Anomaly Over 500 Million Years Ago Can Finally Be Explained
Magnetic signatures hidden inside rocks tell us a lot about Earth’s magnetic field and the way continents and…
ESA’s Swarm spots a fast-growing anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field
A representation of the South Atlantic Anomaly in 2025 (Image source: Finlay, C.C. et al., 2025; cropped) Using…
Something Weird Is Happening to Earth’s Magnetic Field
The weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field, a region over the South Atlantic where the field’s strength is…
China Just Created the World’s Most Powerful Magnet and It Could Be Useful In Fusion
Chinese scientists set world record with magnetic field 700,000 times Earth’s. Credit: ASIPP In Hefei, China, physicists switched…
Chinese scientists set world record with magnetic field 700,000 times Earth’s-Xinhua
Researchers of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) record experiment data in Hefei, east…
Physicists Discover a New Equilibrium State in Magnetic Fields and Plasma
What do solar flares, lab-grown plasma, and a nebula 25,000 light-years away have in common? A cosmic twist,…