Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

Ciarán Beggan, a geophysicist at the British Geological Survey, says the overall strength of Earth’s magnetic field has been decreasing over the past couple of centuries, but not uniformly. The field ...

In fact, the discovery actually supports a key part of the theory about how chorus waves work. Using data from the ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

Could the expected solar flares bring a greater chance of seeing the northern lights? Sophia Herod takes a look.

Earth’s magnetic field is detected by species across the animal kingdom, but new research suggests that sea turtles may be ...

Met Office predicts powerful northern lights due to Valentine’s Day solar storm - Dazzling northern lights could appear in ...

A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation ...

While anyone can use the more powerful high-resolution model ... a new model before the planned update in 2030.” Earth’s magnetic field has behaved even more dramatically in the past, with ...

The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field ... out numerous powerful solar flares and CMEs, triggering strong geomagnetic storms on Earth, which, in turn, have produced ...