As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while ...

Could the expected solar flares bring a greater chance of seeing the northern lights? Sophia Herod takes a look.

"The magnetic field from active regions makes its way ... "It's not like the Earth, where the flip is measured by the migration of the North/South pole." It generally takes a year or two for ...

Earth’s magnetic field has behaved even more dramatically in the past, with the magnetosphere weakening so much that its ...

The sun's magnetic field last flipped toward the end of 2013. What causes this switch in polarity, and is it dangerous for anything on Earth? Let's take a deep dive into the phenomenon of the sun's ...

Earth's magnetic poles are shifting unpredictably, with rapid drifts and weakening fields raising questions about a possible future reversal and its global effects.

It is this magnetic field that has recently got NASA scientists on high alert following the identification of a 'dent' in the ...