A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

A 2D representation of Earth, such as a chart or map, can mislead us when visualizing long international routes.

Research from the University of Michigan shows that ancient Homo sapiens may have benefitted from the use of a prehistoric ...

A spot on the sun’s surface will likely disrupt Earth’s magnetic field, pulling the phenomenon to more states, forecasters ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

Scientists have long puzzled over why Mars, once protected by a global magnetic field like Earth, now shows only a magnetic ...

The Earth’s magnetic North Pole is shifting. While this has been a gradual process for centuries, recent observations have ...

The freaky phenomenon, known as a cannibal coronal mass ejection (CME), occurred after two solar eruptions decided to merge ...

New research from the University of Michigan suggests that early Homo sapiens may have survived this event by using clever ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...