A major dip in the Earth’s magnetic field over the South Atlantic has been puzzling scientists for over a century. An international team of researchers analyzed data collected by the European Space ...

The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), a known region of Earth’s magnetic field weakness, has been under the observation of the European Space Agency’s Swarm mission for over a decade. New findings reveal ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is a particularly weak region of the magnetic field stretching from South America to western Africa. Wherever the ...

Having good neighbors can be very valuable—even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine an ...

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The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years. A weak region in Earth's magnetic field has ...

A weak spot in the Earth's magnetic field is growing over the South Atlantic Ocean, according to more than a decade's worth of satellite data collected by scientists. The magnetic field surrounding ...