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

Earth's magnetic field plays a key role in protecting life on our planet. Yet its origin and evolution remain subjects of ...

Deep in the heart of our galaxy lies one of the most chaotic and mysterious regions in space. Now, scientists have created ...

Astronomy Galaxies Interstellar Dust on the Galaxy's Magnetic Field | Space Wallpaper Wallpapers By Space.com Staff published October 22, 2015 ...

This space wallpaper shows a model of the interstellar magnetic fields — which would otherwise be straight — warping around the outside of our heliosphere. The image is based on data from NASA ...

For more than 100 years, scientists have puzzled over whether the Earth’s magnetic field had already been generated stably ...

Earth is fortunate in having a magnetic field: it protects the planet and its life from harmful cosmic radiation. Other ...

The well-known sources of the magnetic field that surrounds Earth are the deep inside core and Earth's crust. Earth's mantle, on the other hand, has been considered to be 'magnetically dead' for ...

Now, research suggests that some people do indeed perceive magnetic fields, albeit unconsciously. In response to a changing magnetic field, so-called alpha brainwaves, the background “hum” of the ...

Figure 1: Magnetic field lines flow out of the South Magnetic Pole and reenter the globe at its northern end. Some creatures seem able to figure how steep the inclination angle of the field lines ...

Orbiters have detected this residual magnetic field, but InSight is giving us the opportunity to study a local field for the first time. And, as it turns out, that has been extremely informative.