Those two metal spheres are not decoration, they are Kelvin’s balls, part of a precise system that counteracts magnetic errors caused by steel hulls. This explains how permanent and induced magnetism ...

Ancient rocks show Earth’s magnetic field followed deep heat patterns inside the planet for hundreds of millions of years.

While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own ...

Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient sediments hint that Earth’s magnetic field sometimes changed far more slowly than expected.

Earth's magnetic field is generated by the churn of its liquid nickel-iron outer core, but it is not a constant feature. Every so often, the magnetic north and south poles swap places in what are ...

In A Nutshell Two massive hot regions deep beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean have been influencing Earth’s protective ...

See inside the luxury homes that topped Houston's most expensive sales in 2025, from modern mansions in Memorial Villages to ...

Greetings stargazers. The current sunspot cycle maximum continues to amaze. Several times during the past year, the Aurora ...

Ancient magnetic fossils reveal that animal navigation using Earth’s magnetic field may have evolved far earlier than ...

On January 27 each year, we remember the millions of people who were murdered in the Holocaust. It is a time to reflect not only on those who were killed, but also on those who did the killing.

Has driving through history ever been so cool, beautiful and timely than visiting Cape Canaveral, the original and current ...