High magnetic fields are a vital tool in many areas of science and technology that impact our everyday lives, from medical diagnostics through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to drug discovery ...

For the first time in the history of solar observation, NASA has made the Sun’s invisible magnetic behavior visible. Using footage recorded during a recent flyby, the Parker Solar Probe has shown the ...

For just over two years, a scalar magnetometer developed by Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has been on its way to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A massive weak spot in Earth's magnetic field has grown and changed shape since 2014. | Credit: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Without its magnetic field, life on Earth would not be possible ...

For more than a century, engineers have chased new ways to turn the planet’s natural motions into usable power, from tides to ...

Artifacts from the Iron Age have revealed an intense historical magnetic anomaly in the Middle East. Could using a similar approach elsewhere help us unravel the mysteries of Earth's magnetic field?