There are several theories about how the Earth and the Moon were formed, most involving a giant impact. They vary from a model where the impacting object strikes the newly formed Earth a glancing blow ...

A team of scientists from the University of Liverpool have found two strange anomalies that have affected the Earth's ...

This video explains what magnets are and how magnetic fields are generated through the alignment of atomic structures. Magnets influence electric currents, force interactions, and are used in many ...

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

(Nanowerk News) MIT physicists have created a new ultrathin, two-dimensional material with unusual magnetic properties that initially surprised the researchers before they went on to solve the ...

Like Earth, Mars once had a strong magnetic field that shielded its thick atmosphere from the solar wind. But now only the magnetic imprint remains. What's long baffled scientists, though, is why this ...

Skyrmions, in which electron spins inside a magnet are arranged like vortices, are a key structure in next-generation ...

People have warned for years that magnets can wipe out hard drives, but the real answer is a lot less dramatic than that old ...

Researchers have identified a potential mechanism that explains how turbulent plasma can produce the vast, ordered magnetic ...

First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field. Mysteriously, its ...

Computer simulation of a one-sided magnetic field on early Mars based on data from a study led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. The study could explain the unusual magnetic imprint ...