A new simulation suggests a massive asteroid impact may have briefly supercharged the moon's magnetic field, leaving behind ...

Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft ...

Deciphering the universe’s secrets is partly done through observation, but just as important are solid models of the forces ...

Twentieth-century explorations answered many questions about our satellite and its place in the solar system. But they also ...

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis suggested that in the first billion years, when the Moon was covered in molten ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated a cloud ...

There should be rocks showing both impact shock and high magnetism located near the lunar South Pole on the far side of the ...

The structure of one of the ejections has captured the attention of the scientific community due to its potential for ...

A tree-ringed African lake has yielded a record of Earth's magnetic field spanning the past 150,000 years.

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

A solar flare last week was so big it disrupted radio transmissions on Earth. Nasa said the burst of energy was the biggest ...

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 ...