Is it magic? Physicists at the University of Konstanz have successfully altered the properties of a material using light and magnons in a non-thermal manner. What if it were possible to temporarily ...

Earth’s magnetic field has flipped 171 times over the last 71 million years, with the last reversal about 780,000 years ago. A weakening magnetic field could impact satellites and GPS, but changes ...

The magnetosphere, formed by Earth's magnetic field, acts as a protective shield that deflects solar wind—the flow of charged ...

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, ...