Earth’s magnetic field nearly collapsed long ago. What saved it explains why life survived and why the planet remains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 11 years of satellite data reveal that Earth’s magnetic field is reshaping. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) More than a decade of ...

Each time the sun hurls a planet-size cloud of charged particles toward Earth, there’s a potential for power outages and satellite damage. But it’s when the magnetic field carried by these billion-ton ...

DENVER — A group of undergrad students is developing a magnetic shield to defend interplanetary astronauts from the intense cosmic radiation between Earth and Mars. The students, from Drake University ...