Magnetism
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![An ordinary proton or neutron (foreground) is formed of three quarks bound together by gluons, carriers of the color force. Above a critical temperature, protons and neutrons and other forms of hadronic matter "melt" into a hot, dense soup of free quarks](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oguQ329kVRBQFFUvF2pqgg-320-80.jpg)
What Makes the Strong Force So Special?
By Paul Sutter published
The Force is (super) strong with these quarks.
![goemagnetism simulation](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/McbRBTWy5dTXvWnKGVkPED-320-80.jpg)
Turbulent Blobs in Earth's Core May Explain Sudden Jerks in the Magnetic Field
By Brandon Specktor published
Here’s one explanation for why Earth’s magnetic field undergoes weird geomagnetic jerks every decade or so.
![solar rain gif](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ePTRE95iy3L6Qo2Sn2Veh8-320-80.gif)
Fountains of Plasma Rain Might Explain One of the Biggest Mysteries of the Sun
By Brandon Specktor published
This strange structure could explain what happens during solar rain.
![This image comes from a computer simulation of a skyrmion bag containing three skyrmions. White represents magnetic field lines pointing up, black represents lines pointing down, and other colors represent other directions.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mvZJmMAwS2raBBnNLd3qvY-320-80.jpg)
Physicists Stuffed a Ghostly 'Skyrmion' Full of 'Antiskyrmions'
By Rafi Letzter published
The ghostly 'quasiparticles' have barely any material existence, but physicists are still managing to manipulate them into uncanny shapes.
![A magnetic field surrounds our planet and protects it from solar radiation. Our brains might be able to tune into it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qS2oVbjbf2E6aaCNbse23g-320-80.jpg)
Scientists Find Evidence That Your Brain Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
The Earth's magnetic field might be influencing the brain.
![Water molecules detach from the surface of the moon when it gets too hot and float to colder areas of its surface and thin atmosphere.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TyXYSrqAPaybUDKfFVbTU-320-80.jpg)
Water Molecules Bounce Around the Moon. Here's Why.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
It's too hot to sit still
![cigar galaxy wind](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A4ApsijNxkG4mxuYQvMqJh-320-80.jpg)
NASA Weighed the Wind Billowing Out of the Cigar Galaxy, and It's Unbelievably Massive
By Brandon Specktor published
There's a mighty wind a-blowin' out of the Cigar Galaxy, and it could teach astronomers how the first stars formed.
![Aurora lights from space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i2enSqL2oWh262GZdTN3RJ-320-80.jpg)
Earth's Magnetic Field and Wandering Poles
By Rachel Ross published
Earth's magnetic poles are rather inconsistent.
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