Far beneath the Atlantic, a vast distortion in Earth’s magnetic shield has been charted with a clarity that would have been unthinkable a decade ago. The South Atlantic Anomaly, a sprawling weak zone ...

Learn how some of Earth’s magnetic field flips last longer than others, weakening our defenses against cosmic radiation.

A giant dent in Earth's magnetic field is continuing to expand, according to the latest data from a trio of satellites monitoring our world. It's called the South Atlantic Anomaly, stretching across ...

Something strange is up with Australia. And for once, it isn’t to do with their wildlife or men’s haircuts. A new geophysical ...

Advanced modeling has revealed an Australia-shaped magnetic anomaly beneath the country's Northern Territory that holds ...

If there’s a need to adapt to a seriously weakened magnetic field, it’s also likely to be expensive. This image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with ...

The Bermuda Triangle has caused much grief as well as head-scratching over the years - but there is also a triangle of doom ...

The recent Australia Magnetic Anomaly mapping was done using regional aeromagnetic data gathered during the Northern Territory Government’s Bonney Well Survey.

Key points Shaped like the Australian coastline, the Australia Magnetic Anomaly is a concealed magnetic geological feature ...

Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the time probably never even ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

About 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted the names of their kings into clay bricks. Now, an analysis of the metal grains in those bricks has confirmed a mysterious anomaly ...