During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

Did ancient sunscreen and sewing needles save humanity? In a nutshell 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field weakened to ...

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within the Milky Way using a technique called Faraday rotation. It works like this.

However, most of these theoretical works did not consider the effects of magnetic fields on this spectrum. "Next-generation gravitational wave observatories, like Cosmic Explorer, will be able to ...

Scientists have long puzzled over why Mars, once protected by a global magnetic field like Earth, now shows only a magnetic imprint mostly concentrated in the planet’s southern hemisphere. A new study ...

Some birds possess a remarkable sixth sense, they can detect Earth’s magnetic field, using it as a natural GPS to migrate thousands of miles with astonishing accuracy.