For decades, scientists have puzzled over why lunar rocks show signs of strong magnetism when the moon itself has no global ...

New computer simulations suggest the first magnetic fields that emerged after the Big Bang were much weaker than expected — ...

This discovery reveals that cosmic dust grains aren’t passive; they’re reactive performers on a magnetic stage. Depending on ...

Astronomers have discovered a new celestial object, a compact radio beacon located in the galaxy NGS 4945, about 12 million light-years away. Its light is polarized at an almost impossible level that ...

Whether it’s a lack of connectivity, or the dreaded dead battery, things can get hairy when the electronics aren’t working ...

From tiny insects to massive marine animals, nature has equipped certain species with remarkable internal guidance systems ...

Physicists have begun using the gigantic magnetic fields of galaxy clusters to observe distant black holes in their search for an elusive particle that has stumped scientists for decades.

Instead of only measuring the strength of magnetic fields, the improved version can also determine their direction, which was previously not possible with purely optical magnetometers.

“With our device, we now have a kind of compass for measuring the magnetic field, which shows us the strength and direction.

For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and ...

The Earth’s magnetic field, an invisible force generated by our planet’s core, serves as a natural compass that has guided human navigation for centuries. However, long before humans invented ...

A study led by University of Iowa Associate Professor David Miles will study how the sun impacts the Earth’s magnetic field using a NASA satellite that will launch later this month. The study dubbed ...