New research shows that light’s magnetic field is far more influential than scientists once believed. The team found that ...

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to ...

For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the ...

A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger and exposing orbiting satellites and astronauts to more ...

A new study details the loggerheads’ ability to “map” their position by using the Earth’s magnetic field, with possible ...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that the magnetic component of light plays a direct role in the ...

Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, ...

Loggerhead hatchlings travel thousands of miles guided by an astonishing built-in navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists trained young turtles to “dance” in response to ...

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic fields protect planets from energetic particles that can strip away atmospheres ...