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A Giant Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Spreading and Scientists Are Worried

A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to more ...

Part of Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Backward. Scientists Just Figured Out Why.

Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, ...
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Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Changing: Here’s What It Means for You

Earth’s magnetic field isn’t just a compass trick it’s a shield that protects life and technology from harmful radiation. See ...

Spins influence solid oxygen's crystal structure under extreme magnetic fields, study finds

Placing materials under extremely strong magnetic fields can give rise to unusual and fascinating physical phenomena or ...
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First-Ever View Of The Sun’s Polar Magnetic Field Reveals Major Surprise

Based on the grazing view, the general consensus was that the plasma cells and the magnetic field shifted poleward more slowly than at the equator. But Solar Orbiter has shown that the speed is higher ...
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Dramatic struggle between gravity and magnetic fields give birth to massive stars

ALMA reveals that gravity reorients magnetic fields in 17 young clusters, aligning them as gas collapses and accelerating ...