It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At ...

If you feel like you've seen more of the northern lights painting the night sky lately, you'd be right—and there's an ...

Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft ...

While the moon once had a weak magnetic field generated by a small molten core, the team's research suggests it likely wouldn ...

Currently, the magnetic field has two orientations: the North and South poles. This is why we see aurora at the poles where the magnetic field is the strongest. However, these poles aren’t ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated a cloud ...

A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some ...

Geomagnetic storm conditions are likely through the weekend, with several states in the northern U.S. likely to have a chance ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

There should be rocks showing both impact shock and high magnetism located near the lunar South Pole on the far side of the ...

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) might have solved a decades-old mystery regarding how the Moon lost its magnetic | Space ...

Mars doesn’t have magnetic poles like Earth does, but that doesn’t stop the red planet from experiencing the night sky phenomenon known as the aurora. The Mars rover Perseverance made history by ...