Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

There's a magnet in a secure room in central Tokyo. It's an electromagnet, the kind that generates a magnetic field when ...

Rare earth magnets are in a lot of everyday items, and make a lot of your most basic electronics work, but they're also an ...

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

ET, sunspot region 4114 released an X.12 class solar flare that caused a radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean, including ...

Though the moon now lacks a global magnetic field, its rocks—especially those on the far side—carry strong traces of ancient magnetism. The Moon once had magnetic fields as strong as Earth’s ...

Geologic records reveal that magnetic field strength and oxygen levels rise and fall together, implying deep-Earth processes ...

ITER has devised the technology that could unlock fusion energy, and they've done so with the aid of a 60-foot magnet. Here's ...

Many animals seem to have a mysterious sixth sense that allows them to travel through the world in ways that humans can only ...

Earth’s magnetic field seems to correlate with conditions that helped complex life to thrive — a discovery that could aid the search for life on distant exoplanets.