M87* is a supermassive black hole in a galaxy 55 million light-years away with a mass around 6.5 billion times the mass of ...

Observations of a supermassive black hole located 55 million light-years away from Earth have revealed something completely unexpected: Its magnetic field has flipped. The black hole, dubbed M87* ...

Astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how massive stars are born, revealing a dramatic interplay between ...

Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

Ancient bricks may be key to understanding Earth’s variable magnetic fields. Scientists examined the iron oxide levels of 3,000-year-old bricks to understand the level of magnetism the bricks were ...

Space weather forecasting is decades behind Earth’s meteorology. Learn what makes auroras so unpredictable—and the real-time ...

Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth's magnetic field, yet they are too difficult to ...