The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in ...

The Earth’s magnetic field is a shield that protects us from the sun’s harmful radiation. It’s a fascinating phenomenon that ...

Most of us like stability in our lives, especially when it comes to planet-wide phenomena, such as the daily appearance of the sun ... magnetic field. Every so often, our planet's magnetic poles ...

Geophysicist Daniel Lathrop wants, among other things, to use it to predict when the Earth’s magnetic field will next reverse ... will our sun’s radiation bombard us? Will migrating birds ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Reversals of the Earth's Magnetic Field ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 216 No. 2 (February 1967), p. 44 doi:10.1038 ...

Doomsayers would have a field day proclaiming the end ... The Earth is not alone in this fickleness: The sun's magnetic shield appears to reverse its polarity approximately every 11 years.

This article was originally published with the title “ Magnetic Fields on the Quiet Sun ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 215 No. 5 (November 1966), p. 54 doi:10.1038 ...