In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s magnetic north and its chaotic and relatively unpredictable movements.

Essentially, the molten iron at the core of our planet helps to determine where Earth’s magnetic field downs down. A diagram showing how the Earth’s magnetic field points downward and also how ...

The reversal could actually have a beneficial effect on Earth. The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years ...

Earth’s magnetic field, generated by movements within its molten iron core, serves as a protective shield against solar winds ...

Scientists have captured faint magnetic signatures resulting from the tidal movement of seawater across the planet — and they ...

Scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center in or after mid-January, the instrument will take the first full images of the magnetic field around Earth, which will help researchers reveal how ...