As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while ...

A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation ...

Would a dramatic change in the Earth's magnetic field affect creatures that rely on it during migration? Late on a January night in 1993 I found myself on a beach on the Pacific coast of Costa ...

Some of the most sensitive methods of measuring magnetic fields use interactions of resonant light with atomic vapour. Recent developments in this vibrant field have led to improvements in ...

At first glimpse, it may seem like infant stars and supermassive black holes have very little in common. Infant stars, or "protostars," haven't yet gathered enough mass to trigger the nuclear ...

A permanent magnet is always magnetic. It has an invisible magnetic field. Only certain materials, such as iron, feel a magnetic force. Permanent magnets can come in lots of different shapes and ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Observations from the NSF VLA reveal a helical magnetic field in the HH 80-81 protostellar jet, similar to those in jets from supermassive black holes. This ...