Earth’s magnetic field protects life on Earth from radiation, but it can move, and the magnetic poles can even flip
The Earth’s magnetic field plays a big role in protecting people from hazardous radiation and geomagnetic activity that…
Fullerenes offer a simpler path to creating high-sensitivity MRI targets
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is invaluable in the medical world. But despite all the good it does, there…
Oldest biological GPS? Magnetic fossils of mystery sea creature found
New research from Cambridge and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has decoded the mystery of magnetic fossils left by an…
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…
ALMA Captures Spiral-Shaped Gas Streamer Guided by Magnetic Fields in Star-Forming Region
This streamer of gas is channeling matter from the surrounding cloud of a star-forming region in Perseus directly…
Mysterious Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Now Growing Rapidly
A major dip in the Earth’s magnetic field over the South Atlantic has been puzzling scientists for over…
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…
Earth’s magnetic field is shifting — and satellites are feeling it
More than a decade of satellite monitoring has mapped Earth’s magnetic field as it subtly altered between 2014…