Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move—and in surprising ways. With the release of the World Magnetic Model 2025, ...

The reversal could actually have a beneficial effect on Earth. The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years ...

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it ...

ESA's Swarm mission, utilizing the faint magnetic signals generated by Earth's ocean tides, offers groundbreaking insights ...

“In a world that is now so dependent on electricity and electronics, a similar event has the potential to cause widespread ...

Scientists have discovered that the 'weak spot' in Earth's magnetic field is growing, allowing harmful radiation to come closer to our planet's surface. The region, known as the South Atlantic ...

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 ...

The colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to a wide swath of Americans Friday night due to an impending solar storm ...

Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.

In 2008, a team of researchers studying deer and cattle found something a little unexpected. Both animals, when grazing or ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Without its magnetic field, life on Earth would not be possible since this shields us from harmful cosmic radiation and charged ...

Likewise, a wire passing through a magnetic field creates an electric current within the wire. This is the basic principle that allows electric motors and generators to operate. In the Earth (see ...