Magnetic tension and boundary geometry help determine where solar wind-driven waves grow around Earth’s magnetosphere.

NASA scientists, including many from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, are crisscrossing the globe in 2017 — from a Hawaiian volcano to Colorado mountaintops and west Pacific ...

Two Eocene magnetic reversals lasted about 18,000 and 70,000 years, according to a detailed North Atlantic sediment record.

Field trips are a vital component of experiential learning in the earth science community, offering hands-on opportunities for students, professionals, and community members to engage with key ...

A doughnut-shaped region thousands of kilometers beneath our feet within Earth's liquid core has been discovered, providing new clues about the dynamics of our planet's magnetic field. A ...

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Earth's shape can be tested in surprisingly simple ways without relying on space photographs. The strongest part of the ...

High-energy particles called galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) bombard unprotected objects in space, often causing damage. Earth, however, is protected by its magnetic field, which creates a protective ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Life on Earth may exist thanks to a brief faltering in our planet's ...

Every cell in your body has spent its entire existence inside Earth’s magnetic field. We usually think of that field as a ...