The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) is one of the modes of scanning probe microscopy (SPM). As the name implies, it is used to map magnetic characteristics. MFM investigates the local magnetic fields at ...

Astronomers have taken their clearest look yet at how some of the biggest stars in our galaxy are born—and it turns out the ...

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects ...

Magnets are pretty common here on Earth, and magnetism in general is a constant thanks to the geomagnetic field. On the moon, however, things are different. The moon does not have a magnetic field, ...