The record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa. A tree-ringed African ...

Earth's magnetic field was so weak it almost disappeared. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, complex life emerged.

The curious minds at What If imagine the strange world created by Earth possessing Jupiter's immense magnetic field.

Earth's magnetic field is weakening, but what that means exactly is still unclear, some geophysicists explains the potential ...

"We need a way to date these sediments." That's where the variations in Earth's magnetic field come in. When rocks form, they lock in a record of the magnetic field via small magnetic crystals ...

"At some point it might not be beneficial anymore to stick around with your buddies. But if you don't, you die." ...

If you ever travel back in time to hang out with Homo sapiens around 41,000 years ago, pack some sunscreen – or better yet, a ...

New simulation of magnetic turbulence helps scientists study star formation, space weather, and the forces shaping our galaxy ...

The interstellar medium in our Milky Way galaxy is magnetic, can be compressed, and is turbulent. It affects important ...

Astronomers have developed a computer simulation to explore, in unprecedented detail, magnetism and turbulence in the ...

Mars doesn't have an organized planetary magnetic field like Earth, so auroras can appear anywhere in the sky. Now there's a ...