The magnetic north pole is not in the same location as the geographic north pole, which is located 1,300 miles away.

A decade-long radio mystery has finally been solved: astronomers have linked repeating pulses to a white dwarf and red dwarf ...

Northwestern University scientists have detected the first radio pulses that can be traced to a dead-star binary.

Quantum-based gravity sensors have probed fundamental physics, and they could transform our understanding of what’s just ...

Astronomy contributor and lunar expert Robert Reeves looks back on a Texas-sized achievement in Moon exploration.

Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is ...

Scientists know well how conventional materials conduct heat. However, things are not as straightforward under extreme ...

By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner ...

Have you ever played with a magnet and stuck it in a sandy wash? It will pick up lots of black stuff. Some call it black sand; some might think ...

This would enable travel times to Mars in the 3-8 day range depending upon where Mars was in its orbit relative to Earth. This would be with constant ... Description: Uses magnetic fields to interact ...