Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us ...

Our planet’s gymnastics routine continues underneath our feet nearly every day, but researchers recently mapped what they say is one of the most “drastic events in the evolution of ...

The poles can flip over the course of hundreds or thousands of years, and this can happen at random, with intervals ranging anywhere from 10,000 years to 50 million years or more. Around 41,000 years ...

The Yukon Territory glows—but not with city lights. “Everywhere you look is like a painting” here, with auroras that last for ...

The last full reversal took place approximately 780,000 years ago - leaving some experts to predict another flip is imminent.

These long acknowledged "facts" are anything but. We'd bet that you believed all of these lies—until today. Separating fact from fiction As children, we’re constantly told to listen to our parents.