The sun’s enormous magnetic field is about to flip, and the effects of this massive realignment will be felt throughout the solar system, including here on Earth. But don’t expect anything too ...

Hoeksema said. "That question we don't yet know how to answer." What we do know is that the solar magnetic field flip does not occur instantly. Instead, it consists of a gradual transition from a ...

However, if the magnetic field weakens enough or temporarily disappears during the flip, then the Earth could be hit with dangerous amounts of solar radiation and cosmic rays.

You might be scared if you heard Earth’s North Pole and South Pole were about to flip positions. The sun is about to do the same thing, and it’s not a worry for us. The sun is a big magnetic ...

Editor's Note: See our update on what the sun's magnetic flip means for Earth here: Sun's Magnetic Field Flip Won't Doom Earth, Scientists Say The sun is gearing up for a major solar flip ...

The Earth’s magnetic poles could be about to flip, sparking chaos and making large parts of the planet uninhabitable, a new report claims. Experts have warned that the change is extremely likely ...

Scientists have estimated that a flip cycle starts with the magnetic field weakening over the span of a few thousand years, then the poles flip and the field springs back up to full strength again.

Now, the magnetic ... the top (the green lines), and the negative polarity on the bottom (the purple lines). Each set of lines gradually move toward the opposite pole, showing a complete flip ...

You can contact her at [email protected]. Liquid metal churning more than 1,700 miles below the surface governs Earth's mysterious magnetic field. Every now and then the movement of this ...

A paper published yesterday in Science provides an impressively precise dating for a past magnetic field flip by using rings of trees that have been dead for tens of thousands of years.

Hoeksema said. "That question we don't yet know how to answer." What we do know is that the solar magnetic field flip is not instantaneous. It's a gradual transition from a dipole to a complex ...