A collaborative team has developed a new way to create magnetic optical materials, one that removes a long-standing design ...
In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism ...
Florida State University researchers have created a new crystalline material with unusual magnetic patterns that could be ...
Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Amid the roilings of the Milky Way, immense pockets of gas coalesce into clouds where stars are born. In this process, there is a hidden ...
Researchers have developed a precision magnetometer based on a special material that changes optical properties in response ...
The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.
How does a magnetic compass work? Well, it’s all down to basic physics and human ingenuity. The key component of a standard baseplate compass is its magnetized needle, which is allowed to spin freely ...
New research shows magnetic signals and auroral kilometric radiation trigger intense aurora substorms. Observations from spacecraft and ground stations reveal timing, energy release, and potential ...