A magnetometer is a device that measures magnetism: the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a ...

Right at the brink of a black hole, gravity twists space and time so violently that ordinary physics starts to fall apart.

Our protective blanket helps shield us from unruly space weather. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earth's magnetic field — also ...

For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding objects from light using so-called metamaterials with extreme and often unrealistic ...

Conceptual illustration of bladed microtube implosion (BMI)Sawtooth-like inner blades on the cylindrical target induce off-axis charged flows under ultraintense laser irradiation, driving strong loop ...

Imagine you are a young Bar-tailed Godwit, a large, leggy shorebird with a long, probing bill hatched on the tundra of Alaska. As the days become shorter and the icy winter looms, you feel the urge to ...

If you can't journey to the centre of the Earth, why not bring the churning heart of the planet to your lab? It's scary stuff, but Adrian Cho thinks it might tell us why we're still alive TAKE 14 ...