Picture yourself standing at the Geographic North Pole with a compass in your hand. You'd expect that trusty needle to point ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Earth’s magnetic north pole has shifted away from Canada and closer to Siberia at a rapid pace in recent ...

NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest ...

Astronomers say they have detected evidence of how strong the magnetic fields between galaxies must be. The finding helps illuminate how magnetism arose in the cosmos and could one day serve as a ...

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Scientists have made a shocking discovery – the Earth's magnetic field is weakening. The magnetic field is vital for life on our planet, as it shields us from cosmic radiation and charged particles ...

In ancient Judea, potters often created jars big enough to hold wine or olive oil and sent them to kings as tax payment. Even as rulers came and went over the years, potters kept making the same ...

Ancient dynamo Earth's magnetic field is 800 million years older than previously thought, new research suggests. A new analysis of Western Australian zircon minerals has found the engine that ...