Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

In what the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) is calling an “unprecedented” discovery ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

A bronze compass, possibly used by one of history’s greatest astronomers, was recently uncovered during an archaeological dig in northern Poland. This rare find, made near the remains of a ...

A team led by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that a massive impact may have generated a huge amount of plasma that temporarily strengthened the Moon's tiny, ...

The Earth’s magnetic field, an invisible force generated by our planet’s core, serves as a natural compass that has guided human navigation for centuries. However, long before humans invented ...

"It's as if you throw a 52-card deck in the air, in a magnetic field, and each card has a compass needle," Weiss says. "When the cards settle back to the ground, they do so in a new orientation.

Imagine crossing vast oceans, soaring across continents, or tunneling deep beneath the earth—without ever getting lost. For some animals, this isn’t just a fantasy, but a daily reality. They possess ...

How does a compass work in space? From the moon to Venus, here's how a compass would work beyond Earth's magnetic field.