earth magnetic field

Scientists will use FAST to look for magnetic fields on exoplanets—a sign life could exist there.

The kauri tree, found in New Zealand, lived over 40,000 years ago.

Magnetic reconnection is a sudden release of magnetic energy.

A magnetic field reversal is not the sort of thing we necessarily want to live through firsthand, though the phenomenon remains a mystery.

As the tides ebb and flow, so does an elusive magnetic signal.

NASA has begun to decode its mysterious radio signals.

After hundreds of thousands of years, signs of this change are finally apparent.

The event in the Earth's upper atmosphere had been theorized before, but never detected.

Earth's magnetic field has reversed periodically throughout the planet's history. Now, we're a little closer to understanding why.