There's a magnet in a secure room in central Tokyo. It's an electromagnet, the kind that generates a magnetic field when electrical current flows through it. The last time the scientists who operate ...

Astronomers have finally unlocked a crucial piece of the planet formation puzzle by detecting the magnetic fingerprint of a ...

Light waves (red arrows) passing through a crystal can reveal magnetic domains in certain 2D antiferromagnets. © 2025 RIKEN ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long ...

The turtles danced with the most enthusiasm in the tank when they knew they would get food. This was "strong evidence" that ...

For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to ...

Earth’s magnetic field is detected by species across the animal kingdom, but new research suggests that sea turtles may be ...

Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young stars, a recent ...

For the first time astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought ...

How do you dust a star for prints? Scientists have the answer to this strange question: by reconstructing the magnetic field ...