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The equinox might fuel powerful Northern Lights by creating 'holes' in Earth's magnetic field
This may be the best month to see the Northern Lights, aka aurora borealis. The spring equinox is c…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Marianne Guenot
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Traditional shark nets are known as 'walls of death.' A new eco-friendly barrier uses magnetic fields to deter sharks instead of trap them.
The SharkSafe Barrier is meant to deter sharks from coming near swimmers by using strong magnets th…
Jenny McGrath
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NASA confirms that the dent in Earth’s protective shield is splitting into two as it gets bigger
The bigger the anomaly gets the wider its sphere of influence. A weak magnetic field means that …
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The US Air Force is teaching AI to navigate aircraft in case GPS gets taken out in a future fight
In future combat where GPS navigation options can be jammed or eliminated, AI could help aircraft f…
Chris Panella
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Earth's core is growing lopsidedly, a new study suggests - and it's been doing that for at least half a billion years
New research shows the iron crystals that comprise Earth's inner core grow unevenly, with more iron…
Aylin Woodward
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ISRO’s Aditya L1 and Chandrayaan-2 get front-row seats to the strongest solar storm in over 20 years
The Sun has been throwing some major temper tantrums lately, its active sunspot AR13664 directing m…
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Remnants of an ancient planet buried inside the Earth may be the cause of a weak spot in the magnetic field
There's a growing weak spot in Earth's magnetic field. Scientists say it may be due to giant pieces…
Aylin Woodward
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Aditya L1: Solar quakes can alter geomagnetic field of earth says top scientist
Ahead of India's Aditya-L1 solar mission, a top scientist said the monitoring of the Sun on a 24-ho…
PTI
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3 recent discoveries have upended scientists' understanding of how dogs age, navigate, and perceive human speech
Recent discoveries have found that dogs understand speech just as we do and that their human-age eq…
Aylin Woodward
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The Moon used to have its own shield against the Sun — it died a billion years ago
Scientists believe that the Moon was a lot closer to the Earth 4 billion years ago. At that ti…
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A growing dent in Earth's magnetic field could wreak havoc on satellites and the space station, NASA says
Earth's magnetic field is weakening. NASA is monitoring one particular weak spot over the Atlantic,…
Aylin Woodward
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Earth's magnetic field first formed thanks to a magma ocean, research shows. That means more planets in the universe could have atmospheres than we thought.
Today, a swirling layer of liquid metal powers Earth's magnetic field. Billions of years ago, a mag…
Aylin Woodward
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A chunk of the Earth's magnetic field is weakening, which could wreak havoc on some satellites
The magnetic field has weakened 9% over the last 200 years. A weak spot in the southern Atlantic, w…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA hopes to get the Voyager spacecraft to their 50th anniversary with clever engineering and difficult choices
Voyager 1 and 2 have traveled deeper into space than any human-made objects. NASA hopes they'll sta…
Jenny McGrath
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A mesmerizing photo shows powerful magnetic fields swirling around a black hole
The image illustrates that magnetic fields are strong enough to prevent some matter from getting su…
Aria Bendix
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How to stay safe in an extreme solar flare, where the sun bombards Earth with radiation and magnetic havoc
Preparing for an extreme solar storm mostly means getting ready to live without electricity for sev…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Never seen before picture shows every cell of the Sun is twice the size of Rajasthan
The structures are rolling along the Sun’s surface, helping scientists map the magnetic fields w…
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Black hole or a neutron star — NASA puzzled over strange bright lights in the 'Fireworks' galaxy
The irony is that the observatory wasn’t really looking for either of them. The primar…
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A magnetic spacecraft that can attract dead satellites has entered orbit - a test in a new effort to clean up space junk
Millions of bits of junk rocket around Earth faster than bullets, threatening to collide with satel…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Neanderthals died out after Earth's magnetic poles flipped, causing a climate crisis 42,000 years ago, a study says
According to a new study, Earth's magnetic poles flipped 42,000 years ago, triggering dramatic chan…