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 ...

The study by Konstantin Batygin of Caltech and Fred Adams of the University of Michigan pulls off a rare feat in planetary ...

We took our magnets to a rough part of town—and the results were wild. From rusted tools to unexpected relics, this urban ...

Thomas Jefferson’s personally owned and signed copy of Cicero’s Ciceronis Oratione (“Orations”), in a six-volume set, acquired at auction directly from his personal library in 1829. Estimate: $150,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A combination of a dynamo-generated magnetic field and massive impacts could explain the highly magnetized rocks in some ...

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

Samantha Donovan: Reports that a meteorite had landed somewhere in Western Australia a week ago has had scientists mapping out its likely path and searching the vast state for clues. But in the ...