Earth's Magnetic Field
TopicEarth's Magnetic Field
Topic[Retweeted] MILITARY SUBMARINES WON'T BE ABLE TO HIDE MUCH LONGER. QUANTUM IS THE REASON. A submarine's steel hull bends Earth's magnetic field, leaving a disturbance that trails it through the water. Navies have hunted subs with magnetometers since World War II, but the sensors were so weak an aircraft had to pass almost directly overhead to notice. Quantum magnetometers change that. Atomic and superconducting sensors read magnetic fields at sensitivities classical instruments can't approach...

A Chaotic Chapter in Earth’s Magnetic History May Actually Follow a Hidden Pattern
Long before the first animals walked on land, Earth's magnetic field began to shift in chaotic ways that have puzzled scientists for decades.

Why the U.S. once set off a nuclear bomb in space
The results from the 1962 Starfish Prime test serve as a warning of what might happen if Earth’s magnetic field gets blasted again with high doses of radiation.

