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There are few places in India where science and landscape come together quite as dramatically as Magnetic Hill in Ladakh. On a barren stretch of highway outside Leh, travellers stop their cars, shift into neutral, release the brake and watch in disbelief as the vehicle appears to move uphill on its own.For years, the phenomenon…
Scientists have uncovered something unusual deep inside the Milky Way. It is not a new planet or a hidden star. A giant magnetic twist that seems to cut across the galaxy in a strange diagonal pattern. The finding comes from new radio observations, and it is already making researchers rethink how our galaxy is structured….
NASA’s Space Umbrella Project: Earth’s magnetic field vs. solar winds (Image source: NASA) There is a constant outward flow of charged particles from the Sun. This flow, known as the solar wind, moves across space and reaches Earth every day. When it arrives, it meets the planet’s magnetic field, an invisible region that bends and…
NASA finds Earth’s magnetic field may be the hidden reason oxygen has lasted for millions of years Scientists have debated for decades whether Earth’s magnetic field plays a role in keeping the planet habitable. The question matters because Earth stands apart from other rocky worlds. It has a long-lived magnetic field generated deep inside the…
Something unusual keeps turning up in marine sediments. These are large crystals of magnetite, formed by biology rather than geology, and preserved for tens of millions of years. Known as giant magnetofossils, they are far bigger than the magnetic particles made by bacteria today, often reaching several microns in size. They appear in rocks dating…
NASA plans a mission to study the Sun’s magnetic heart and its hidden storms NASA has selected a proposed solar mission for further study as part of its Small Explorer programme, extending early design work rather than approving a launch. The mission, known as the Chromospheric Magnetism Explorer, or CMEx, will now move into an…
