Nicholas Sparks, a professor of practice in the Tulane School of Science and Engineering, has discovered a theoretical mass where monopoles can be created and observed.

Far beneath the Atlantic, a vast distortion in Earth’s magnetic shield has been charted with a clarity that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. The South Atlantic Anomaly, a sprawling weak zone ...

The Sun’s magnetic poles are in the middle of an uneven, drawn-out reversal as Solar Cycle 25 moves through its solar maximum phase. NASA and NOAA jointly announced that the current cycle has entered ...

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, researchers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the ...

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, planets can end up as a barren wasteland like Mars, or they could indirectly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Nov 28, 2025, 07:59am EST Map of the strength of the Earth's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth's magnetic field is like an invisible shield that protects our planet from solar and cosmic radiation. While it might not be ...

On moonless nights between February and April along Odisha’s coast, the sand begins to stir. Olive ridley hatchlings, no larger than a child’s palm, tear free f ...