Earth’s geomagnetic armor has a crack and is growing. A weak point in our planet’s magnetic field, located over the southern Atlantic Ocean, has grown in size over the past two centuries …
Read More »For the first time, scientists have detected X-rays coming out of Uranus
Each planet in the Solar System has its own idiosyncrasies, but Uranus is truly one of a kind. Not only is it tilted sideways so its axis of rotation is practically parallel …
Read More »For the first time, a ‘space hurricane’ has been detected over the North Pole
For the first time, a hurricane has been detected in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. In 2014, the satellites recorded a huge swirl of plasma spreading into the magnetosphere that lasted for hours …
Read More »For the first time ever, physicists have filmed the oscillation of a time crystal
For the first time, physicists captured an enigmatic state of matter on video. Using a scanning transmission X-ray microscope, the research team has recorded the oscillations of a time crystal made of …
Read More »Earth’s magnetic field reversed 42,000 years ago. The consequences were dramatic
A global period of upheaval 42,000 years ago was the result of a reversal in the Earth’s magnetic field, new research has found. Based on the radiocarbon preserved in ancient tree rings, …
Read More »In a strange twist, scientists discover that Venus fly traps generate tiny magnetic fields
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is already a fascinating enough plant, but scientists have discovered something more amazing about it: it generates measurable magnetic fields when its leaves close. And going much …
Read More »A lucky spacecraft alignment has recorded a huge, developing solar explosion
Our Sun is not a cool ball scorching hot plasma. In fact, it explodes in a somewhat continuous mass explosion; Such coronal mass ejections are the cause of geomagnetic storms when directed …
Read More »Solar wind is strangely drawn to the North Pole of Earth, and scientists don’t know why
The most famous results of the Earth’s magnetic field are the aurora borealis and australis (northern and southern lights). When solar-charged particles run into the Earth’s magnetic field, they can sometimes display …
Read More »PS5 player issues warning of most bizarre dual controller
A new problem has been said to emerge for PlayStation 5 players – especially those who can wear a watch. Some people using the PS5’s dual-controller have found that the device is …
Read More »Birds have a mysterious ‘quantum sense’. For the first time, scientists saw it in action
It would be a scary experience to see our world with the eyes of a migratory bird. Something about their visual system allows them to ‘see’ the magnetic field of our planet, …
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