Astronomers have detected ordered magnetic fields in galaxies so young that conventional models struggle to explain how those ...

The new miniaturized structure requires a few thousand times less power than larger magnets and it could help bring ...

Barreling through the universe with incredible power and speed, galactic cosmic rays are a major source of radiation in space ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Without its magnetic field, life on Earth would not be possible ...

Magnetic fields that stretch across thousands of light-years should take a very long time to organize. Standard dynamo theory ...

How does the Sun’s magnetic field react during solar storms? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to addr | Space ...

Uranus's mysteriously asymmetrical and skewed magnetic field has long confounded astronomers—until now. When the Voyager 2 spacecraft zipped past Uranus in 1986, it noticed that the huge gas giant's ...

China has set a new benchmark in extreme magnet science after researchers built the strongest all-superconducting user magnet ever. On Tuesday, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced that a new ...

Earth's magnetic field acts as a vital shield against radiation arriving from space, but it is not constant. A new ...

A new model that posits the same physical process is responsible for magnetic field and the rotation patterns, contradicting previous theories that the sun’s magnetic field originates deep inside its ...