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Geotimes
July 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Ship Logs Record Earth's Magnetism New information gleaned from old ships' logs is now leading to a better understanding of the magnetic field's past strength, which is turning out to be more erratic than some scientists previously thought.   |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
So, When Did Earth Become Attractive? Ever since Earth's protective field was discovered in 1958, scientists have been wondering when did the planet grow up and become attractive? |
Science News
August 12, 2000 |
TimeLine: August 9, 1930 A Fish With Hands... Little Eros on Way to Visit Earth... Birthplace of the Moon... |
Geotimes
September 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Supercomputer Models Earth's Magnetic Field A team of researchers has made a step toward modeling the Earth's chaotic magnetic field behavior using one of the largest supercomputers on the planet to run the most realistic model yet. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Stephen Cass |
Summer Reading Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface by David Standish... Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide by Lonnie Jones Schorer... etc. |
Geotimes
April 2003
Christina Reed |
Watching The Core: A movie review Geotimes went to the movies with four geophysicists from the Carnegie Institution of Washington to see the new blockbuster movie The Core. With Hollywood blaming its newest apocalypse on Earth's core, we couldn't resist. |
Geotimes
May 2004
Sara Pratt |
Deciphering Planetary Magnetism Neptune and Uranus both have unusual magnetic fields that tilt at a 60-degree angle toward their equators. Scientists are now able to model the processes that shape the planets' magnetism. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2003
Paul Eisenstein |
World's Most Powerful Magnet The "magnetar," or magnetic neutron star known as Soft Gamma Repeater 1806-20, is the most powerful known magnetic object in the universe. While it's unlikely anything man-made will ever come close to the power of a magnetar, it's not for lack of trying. |
Technology Research News
January 1, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Aligned fields could speed storage Researchers from three institutes in Germany and Russia have found a material whose electric and magnetic domains line up together. The work could bring together the currently separate fields of magnetic and electronic data storage, which would give both methods more flexibility. |
D-Lib
April 2005 |
D-Lib Featured Collection April 2005: IMAGES Images acquired before and during a magnetic storm, showing the buildup of energetic particles surrounding the Earth during the storm's main phase. Courtesy of the IMAGE HENA Team and NASA. |
