In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...

As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in ...

While doing their exercises and revising the chapter, students can also memorize the formulas easily. Here is the comparison of a dipole in electrostatic and magnetic field. This difference will ...

As well as a few temporary reversals, the Earth's magnetic field – just like the Sun – can flip over long timescales. During the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal, the magnetic north could have been ...

The reversal could actually have a beneficial effect on Earth. The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years ...