NASA monitors the South Atlantic Anomaly, a growing magnetic field disturbance affecting satellites and spacecraft.

NASA is closely monitoring an anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field located between South America and southwestern Africa.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been monitoring the Earth's magnetic field for a very long time and ...

NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies ...

Though you might think that compasses will always point towards the geographic north pole, the magnetic and geographic poles ...

Lunar rocks retrieved by China’s Chang’e-5 mission reveal that the moon’s magnetic field lasted much longer than scientists previously thought, offering new perspectives on planetary evolution and ...

What Is a Magnetosphere? A magnetosphere is the region surrounding a planet that is dominated by its magnetic field. While ...

The Moon held on to its magnetic field for most of its life — which could mean less lunar water available to future astronauts than expected.

The South Atlantic Anomaly causes technical problems for satellites and spacecraft and calls into question the uniformity of the Earth's magnetic field.

Scientists have discovered that the 'weak spot' in Earth's magnetic field is growing, allowing harmful radiation to come closer to our planet's surface. The region, known as the South Atlantic ...

Learn why the magnetic north pole has been moving away from Canada and toward Siberia over the past century, accelerating in ...

A NASA X-ray imager is heading to the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis campaign, where it will capture the first global images of the magnetic field that shields Earth from solar radiation.