A solar tsunami observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft has been used to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun’s magnetic field. Solar tsunamis ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have made a significant advance in magnetic field measurement. They have developed a new technique that uses atoms as highly precise ...

A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation ...

Now more than ever, permanent magnets and electromagnets play a critical role in today’s advanced applications. From high-performance electric motors to magnetic nano-machines and high-reliability ...

Many creatures in nature, including butterflies, newts and mole rats, use the Earth's inherent magnetic field lines and field intensity variations to determine their geographical position. A research ...

Although the Earth’s magnetic field is reliable enough for navigation and is also essential for blocking harmful solar emissions and for improving radio communications, it’s not a uniform strength ...

Researchers at the University of Hawaii have recently focused on an exotic area of the sun called the corona, and have shed light on the sun’s powerful magnetic field. This work has implications on ...

June 5 (UPI) --Astronomers have successfully measured the shape of the magnetic field in the solar corona, the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere. Solar winds, streams of high-energy particles, ...

High school students in Portugal programmed a small, inexpensive Raspberry Pi computer to measure Earth's magnetic field from the International Space Station. When you purchase through links on our ...

Learn about the growth of the South Atlantic Anomaly, a region where Earth's magnetic field has significantly weakened.