Earth's magnetic field protects from solar radiation. It originates from molten core motion. Magnetic north pole moves constantly. Field reversals occurred in the past. The field weakens in some areas ...

Scientists have managed to turn Laschamps event, or the cosmic event when Earth's magnetic poles switched places – the North ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

They proposed that the iron might not be from Earth at all. Instead, it could be meteoritic iron, a metal from space, known to have been used in rare Bronze Age artefacts like Pharaoh Tutankhamun ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

A team of scientists has developed a powerful new way to detect subtle magnetic signals in common metals like copper, gold, ...

An international research team has found that black eye makeup used between the 9th and 7th centuries BCE in the northwest of ...

Materials science might seem very technical, but as a scientific discipline, it has led to many shifts in society over the ...

Antarctic research reveals how rare earth elements move underground through freeze-thaw cycles in desert environments.

Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa – and it could tear the continent apart. The pulses are made up of molten mantle rock surging in rhythm, the researchers say.

International research team led by the University of Tübingen discovers unusual black eye make-up at excavation site dating ...