In an awe-inspiring yet little-known cosmic event, the Sun has once again flipped its magnetic field. This dramatic shift, where the Sun’s north and south magnetic poles swap places, is a fundamental ...

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As you may recall from Physics 101, a changing magnetic field (like when you slide a bar magnet through a copper coil) induces an electric current. At planetary scale, Earth’s magnetic field induces ...

Experts have long suspected that sea turtles rely on Earth’s magnetic field ... look deeper at how turtles stitch together bits of magnetic data to map vast swaths of the ocean. Investigations might ...

When converted to audio signals, though, these strange bursts sound like ... magnetic field gradients could still be present, but it means that scientists need to take a closer look," wrote ...

(Our planet's magnetic field should look a lot like the field around a bar magnet, but electrically charged particles in the solar wind push against the magnetic field, so the side pointing away ...

Over time, changes to this innermost layer could impact the planet’s magnetic field, which shields our ... telescope revealed a startingly detailed look at a rare cosmic phenomenon known as ...

The sun is reaching a solar maximum. Here's what that could mean for Iowa and our chances to see the aurora borealis, known ...

Across much of the animal kingdom, the meanings behind some creatures’ gestures are reserved only for other members of their species. A person watching a honeybee’s waggle dance would not understand ...

Migratory species like turtles, birds, and some fish tend to use two senses together to find their way. They can use the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field ... sense does rely on chemical ...

How much protection you need, though, is a different story. The magnetic field produced by a microwave oven from an inch away, for example, is only about two gauss. Power tools, from the same distance ...

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.