NASA: Global warming is now changing how Earth wobbles
Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.
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Updated World Magnetic Model shows magnetic north pole continuing to push toward Siberia
The team of researchers that maintain the World Magnetic Model (WMM) has updated it and released it a year ahead of schedule due to the speed with which the pole is moving. The newly updated model shows the magnetic north ...
Study reveals map of moon's water near its south pole
A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the moon. SOFIA was a joint project of NASA and the ...
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2023
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Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought
Earth's magnetic field seems steady and true—reliable enough to navigate by.
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2019
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India space chief unfazed by Moon mission's apparent end
As hopes dim of further contact with India's moon rover, the country's space chief has said he was satisfied with the prospect of calling its successful lunar mission to an end.
Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2023
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Check your compass: The magnetic north pole is on the move (Update)
North isn't quite where it used to be.
Earth Sciences
Feb 4, 2019
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Astronomer's research suggests 'magnetic tunnel' surrounds our solar system
A University of Toronto astronomer's research suggests the solar system is surrounded by a magnetic tunnel that can be seen in radio waves.
Astronomy
Oct 18, 2021
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Artificial magnetic monopoles discovered
A team of researchers from Cologne, Munich and Dresden have managed to create artificial magnetic monopoles. To do this, the scientists merged tiny magnetic whirls, so-called skyrmions. At the point of merging, the physicists ...
General Physics
May 31, 2013
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International ozone treaty stops changes in Southern Hemisphere winds
Chemicals that deplete Earth's protective ozone layer have also been triggering changes in Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation. Now, new research in Nature finds that those changes have paused and might even be reversing ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2020
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India's Chandrayaan 2 is creating the highest-resolution map we have of the moon
India's space organization, ISRO, launched Chandrayaan 2 to the moon last year in July. While its lander Vikram crashed on the lunar surface on September 7, the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter continues to orbit the moon.
Space Exploration
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