In fact, the discovery actually supports a key part of the theory about how chorus waves work. Using data from the Magnetospheric Multiscalar satellites, Liu and colleagues measured the distribution ...

Earth's magnetosphere is a guiding beacon for a variety of species capable of sensing its presence. Physicists have now ...

Although we cannot see magnetic field lines, we can detect them using iron filings. The tiny pieces of iron line up in a magnetic field.

A magnetic field is invisible ... different positions in the magnetic field, marking the needle direction each time join the points to show the field lines The needle of a plotting compass ...

Polarised light oscillates, which allows astronomers to “see” the particles around the black hole swirling around magnetic field lines to create a distinct pattern. The observations were made ...

Japanese researchers have developed the world’s first superconducting flux qubit that functions in a zero magnetic field ...