Beyond the sun. Scientists have known for decades that the moon holds remnants of a strong magnetic field. Samples from the surface of the moon, returned by astronauts on NASA's Apollo missions of ...

A large impact could have briefly amplified the moon's weak magnetic field, creating a momentary spike that was recorded in some lunar rocks Date: May 23, 2025 Source: ...

Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the time probably never ...

Next, they modeled a major asteroid impact using existing data on crater formation. That helped them simulate how a cloud of plasma would spread around the moon. Researchers say the plasma could have ...

Prior to about 3.56 billion years ago, the dynamo effect from these factors combined created a magnetic field, albeit one much weaker than Earth’s present magnetic field (which measures about 50 ...

Many of those lunar samples show signs of exposure to strong magnetic fields comparable to Earth's, yet the Moon doesn't have such a field today. So, how did the moon rocks get their magnetism?

Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the time probably never ...

Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the time probably never ...

MIT scientists may have solved the mystery of why the moon shows ancient signs of magnetism although it has no magnetic field today. An impact, such as from a large asteroid, could have generated ...

Highly magnetic rocks on the moon's far side likely formed when a large impact generated a plasma cloud that briefly amplified the moon's weak ancient magnetic field. This temporary field spike ...

(CNN) — Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the ...