In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s magnetic north and its chaotic and relatively unpredictable movements.

As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in ...

it produces its own magnetic field the magnetic field cannot be turned on and off - it is there all the time Bar magnets and horseshoe magnets are examples of permanent magnets. An iron rod placed ...

An example of the 3.7 billion year old banded ... These results provide the oldest estimate of the strength of Earth’s magnetic field derived from whole rock samples, which provide a more ...

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.

NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies ...

53 along with a survey of earlier work. Figure 3: Examples of biological magnetic fields recorded with atomic magnetometers. Measurements of planetary and interplanetary magnetic fields have been ...

The reversal could actually have a beneficial effect on Earth. The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years ...