Boldly etched into the flow of solidifying lava across Earth, the Matuyama-Brunhes event is used by geologists as a marker of ...

Earth’s magnetic field nearly died during critical transition ... You’ve almost certainly seen the diagram—the layers of the Earth exposed like a slightly more complicated hard-boiled egg.

Artifacts from the Iron Age have revealed an intense historical magnetic anomaly in the Middle East. Could using a similar ...

Scientists have long known that Earth’s magnetic field has not been a constant shield. Now, new interdisciplinary ...

Earth's magnetic field flipped 42,000 years ago ... thrilling journey through everything you need to know about our world — and with gorgeous photography and insightful diagrams along ...

A diagram showing how the Earth’s magnetic field points downward and also how it protects from solar radiation. Image source: koya979 / Adobe It is this exact position that is affected by the ...

Earth's magnetic field originates in the outer core and extends out into the magnetosphere — a region of space that helps protect Earth from space weather.

The Earth's magnetic field is essential to life as we know it. But it’s something we can never see – or hear, until now. In a recent study released on Oct. 10 by the European Space Agency, ...

Analyzing the magnetic properties of the single layers, the scientists discovered two phases with a weaker magnetic field, between 105,000 and 103,000 and 98,000 to 92,000 years ago.

The Earth's magnetic field is generated within the liquid core of our planet, by the slow churning of molten iron. Like the atmosphere and oceans, the way in which it moves is governed by the laws ...

Earth’s magnetic field is generated by the convection of molten iron in the planet’s core, around 1,800 miles (2896 km) beneath our feet.

Earth's magnetic field, which protects the planet from huge blasts of deadly solar radiation, has been weakening over the past six months, according to data collected by a European Space Agency ...