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Repeated impacts can create minerals that lock in magnetic signals long after the Moon’s global field has disappeared.

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Magnetic field data collected by ESA's Swarm satellites and other sources has been coverted into these frightening sounds.

Saturn’s magnetic shield is unexpectedly lopsided, with its entry point for solar particles pushed off-center. Scientists ...

A new study shows Saturn’s magnetic shield is uneven, pulled off-center by rapid rotation and charged particles from its icy moon Enceladus.