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Meanwhile, the magnetic poles are defined as the points where the Earth's magnetic field meets the surface, and are the same ...

We're showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

NASA has made a huge discovery: the ambipolar field, an invisible electric field around Earth that could reshape our understanding of our planet.

Earth has a magnetic field because there’s molten iron in its core. As the liquid metal moves and flows, it makes a giant ...

North is north, right? Well, yes and no. There is more than one north pole (and for that matter more than one south pole). As ...

Recent findings by the EHT collaboration reveal strong, organized magnetic fields around Sagittarius A*, suggesting common ...

50.63° N., long. 16.30° E.) were similar to the present field intensity in the same region (0.482 oersteds), the implication being that the Earth's field intensity has not changed appreciably ...

"It's a big, chaotic and turbulent ball of molten iron going around in the ... a better understanding of Earth's geodynamo, which is the engine behind the magnetic field that shields us from ...