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

Explore the finely tuned conditions that make Earth uniquely habitable among planets, supporting diverse life through complex ...

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

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed. What followed was a cascade of environmental and biological changes ...

Scientists have long known that Earth’s magnetic field has not been a constant shield. Now, new interdisciplinary research—recently published in Science Advances shows that a major geomagnetic event, ...

Earth's internal magnetism, called the magnetosphere, generates a comet-shaped field around the surface of the planet that provides protection from harmful solar and cosmic particle radiation, as ...

Whilst the magnetic field strength appears to have remained relatively constant, the solar wind is known to have been significantly stronger in the past. This suggests that the protection of Earth ...

As more satellites are launched into orbit, space agencies are looking at how to predict space weather events that could harm ...

Newly released imagery from NASA shows the Sun's corona in stunning detail after the Parker Solar probe performed its closest-ever flyby.