Latest about magnetism
Is This Invisible Magnetic Field Smothering Our Nearest Supermassive Black Hole?
The monster black hole at the center of the Milky Way is eerily quiet, and now astronomers think they know why.
Lightning Strikes and Kills Motorcyclist. Why Rubber Tires Didn't Protect Him.
Here's why a motorcycle's rubber tires didn't protect the rider when lightning struck.
Hidden Winds on Jupiter May Be Messing with Its Enormous Magnetic Field
Jupiter's magnetic field has changed since the 1970s, and now physicists think they know why it's happening.
Ancient Guatemalan Sculptors Knowingly Crafted Magnetic 'Potbelly' Statues
The giant heads and distorted bodies are magnetized in particular spots.
What Makes the Strong Force So Special?
Opinion The Force is (super) strong with these quarks.
Turbulent Blobs in Earth's Core May Explain Sudden Jerks in the Magnetic Field
Here’s one explanation for why Earth’s magnetic field undergoes weird geomagnetic jerks every decade or so.
Fountains of Plasma Rain Might Explain One of the Biggest Mysteries of the Sun
This strange structure could explain what happens during solar rain.
Physicists Stuffed a Ghostly 'Skyrmion' Full of 'Antiskyrmions'
The ghostly 'quasiparticles' have barely any material existence, but physicists are still managing to manipulate them into uncanny shapes.
