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

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

One of the many unseen forces to which you owe your existence is magnetism. If it weren’t for the magnetic field that surrounds our planet, blocking cosmic radiation and solar wind, Earth would likely ...

A new study has found evidence that the Earth's inner core may have changed shape. Far from taking place over geological ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...

But never fear — this shape-shifting won’t directly affect life on Earth. Over time, changes to this innermost layer could impact the planet’s magnetic field, which shields our world from ...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that ...

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.