Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

Light has always been described as an elegant partnership of electric and magnetic fields, yet for nearly two centuries ...

This video explores the nature of magnets and how they create invisible magnetic forces. It explains the origin of magnetism, how magnetic fields are formed, and the role of electrons in generating ...

Florida State University researchers have created a new crystalline material with unusual magnetic patterns that could be ...

On a mountaintop better known for sunrise selfies, UH Mānoa scientists are quietly teaching a computer to unravel the Sun.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Amid the roilings of the Milky Way, immense pockets of gas coalesce into clouds where stars are born. In this process, there is a hidden ...

Ever seen the northern lights? You have a magnetic layer in Earth’s atmosphere to thank for those beautiful displays. But the magnetosphere does a lot more than create auroras.

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Scientists at the Max Born Institute have developed a new soft X-ray instrument that can reveal dynamics of magnetic domains ...