There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis suggested that in the first billion years, when the Moon was covered in molten ...

Unlike Earth, the Moon doesn't have much of a magnetic field – and yet, a strange pile of rocks on the far side seems mysteriously magnetized. A new study suggests that a major cataclysm, over and ...

Though the moon now lacks a global magnetic field, its rocks—especially those on the far side—carry strong traces of ancient magnetism. The Moon once had magnetic fields as strong as Earth’s ...

Scientists convert Earth's magnetic field collapse from 41,000 years ago into chilling audio, revealing ancient cosmic ...

A brief history of the Moon’s magnetic field. ... (which measures about 50 microteslas, or 0.00005 tesla). As the Moon cooled and receded from Earth, its magnetic field slowly faded.

Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

“We find that both exhibit strong linearly increasing trends, coupled with a large surge in magnitude between 330 and 220 ...

New NASA research demonstrates that 540 million years of Earth’s magnetic field changes have corresponded to surface ...

Scientists confirm the Moon has a solid iron core, debunking hollow theories and revealing Earth-like structure. A seismic, ...

The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have ...

The moon may be silent and still today, but billions of years ago, it likely crackled with magnetic activity. Though the moon now lacks a global magnetic field, its rocks—especially those on the ...