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The sun just unleashed a massive M5 flare, as solar activity intensifies

After a calm week, the sun erupted again. A powerful M5.1 solar flare burst from an emerging sunspot region, shaking the ...
Space on MSN

Magnetic field necessary for life may have been discovered on alien world for first time

A study using the Very Large Array radio telescope may have discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet YZ Ceti b. Magnetic ...
Interesting Engineering

3D magnetic field ‘breakthrough’ for nuclear fusion plasma control wins coveted US award

Three PPPL researchers have earned the prestigious Kaul Foundation Prize for their groundbreaking work in fusion stability.
Live Science

Uranus and Neptune may be 'rock giants,' not 'ice giants,' new model of their cores suggests

A new computational model suggests that Uranus' and Neptune's cores may be less icy than their "ice giant" nickname suggests.

Mysterious, thermally insulating patches at the base of Earth's mantle

With modern seismic tomography, Earth scientists have discovered that above Earth's core-mantle boundary (CMB), about 2,900 ...

In Pursuit of the Monarch’s Magnetic Sense

The magnetic compass is the last unknown sense in migrating animals. For some scientists, the monarch butterfly is leading ...