A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation ...

The energy resolution limit (ERL) is a mix of parameters representing the economics of a quantum system within a sensor's ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

it produces its own magnetic field the magnetic field cannot be turned on and off - it is there all the time Bar magnets and horseshoe magnets are examples of permanent magnets. An iron rod placed ...

In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...

An example of the 3.7 billion year old banded ... These results provide the oldest estimate of the strength of Earth’s magnetic field derived from whole rock samples, which provide a more ...

By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

For example, the north polar field of Solar Cycle 24, which ended in December 2019, took nearly five years to reverse, according to the National Solar Observatory. The magnetic field flip is so ...