The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Our planet’s gymnastics routine continues underneath our feet nearly every day, but researchers recently mapped what they say is one of the most “drastic events in the evolution of ...

An animation using data from the European Space Agency (ESA) allows you to "listen" to Earth's magnetic field being disrupted ...

The ability to switch magnetism, or, in other words, to change the orientation of a material's magnetic moments, using only ...

The last full reversal took place approximately 780,000 years ago - leaving some experts to predict another flip is imminent.

The last full reversal took place approximately 780,000 years ago - leaving some experts to predict another flip is imminent.

In 2024, researchers transformed readings of an epic upheaval of Earth's magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago into an eerie, auditory experience.

There are more ways than we knew for the stratospheric polar vortex to get disrupted, shooting cold air southwards across ...

Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own ...

Researchers have created a molecule that can store magnetic data at record-high temperatures, potentially reshaping how ...

New NASA research demonstrates that 540 million years of Earth’s magnetic field changes have corresponded to surface habitability.