New research reveals how dramatically Earth’s magnetic field weakened and shifted during an event called the Laschamps geomagnetic excursion, potentially influencing human evolution at a pivotal ...

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field dropped to just 10% of its current level, while the magnetic poles wandered far from their usual locations. For about 300 years, the magnetic fi ...

Back in 1832, the celebrated British physicist, Michael Faraday, carried out a set of experiments designed to answer a tantalizing question: could electricity be generated by Earth's rotation through ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Image courtesy of DC Comics. DC’s Earth One graphic novel line of the 2010’s was an ...

Check your compass again — Earth’s north magnetic pole is moving toward Siberia. Since at least the early 19th century, Earth’s north magnetic pole has been situated in the Canadian Arctic ...

Scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center in or after mid-January, the instrument will take the first full images of the magnetic field around Earth, which will help researchers reveal how ...

According to NASA, the sun’s excess solar flares and winds wreak havoc on the Earth’s magnetic field. Earlier this ... Puncture satellite equipment by damaging its circuits and solar panels.

Many migratory birds use Earth’s magnetic field as a compass, but some can also use information from that field to determine more or less where they are on a mental map. Eurasian reed warblers ...

The Earth's magnetic field is essential ... stream interacts with gases in the planet's magnetic field. Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them. The European Space Agency launched ...