Magnetic fields are a fundamental part of the universe. They govern how small particles – the building blocks of planets, ...

The largest magnetic map of the universe ever produced—five times larger than all previous efforts combined—marks the ...

Researchers at Australia's space agency have built the largest map of the universe's magnetic fields yet ...

Light from nearly 4m galaxies measured as it twisted and travelled through intergalactic space ...

The magnetized rocks of Earth's crust and mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of ...

Scientists have released the largest and most detailed maps ever made of the universe’s magnetic fields, using data from ...

For decades after its discovery, observers could only see the solar chromosphere for a few fleeting moments: during a total solar eclipse, when a bright red glow ringed the Moon’s silhouette. More ...

Mapping the Earth’s magnetic field – to find oil, track storms or probe the planet’s interior – typically requires expensive satellites. University of California, Berkeley, physicists have now come up ...

A controversial technique has produced detailed maps of the magnetic fields in colossal galaxy clusters. If confirmed, the approach could be used to reveal where cosmic magnetic fields come from. By ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A NASA-funded collaboration led by Villanova University ...

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense the Earth’s magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn’t clear which sense the animals use to detect the magnetic field when navigating using the magnetic map they ...