Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large ...

A magnetic field is the effect we can see from the movement of charges or the spin of electrons. The fields themselves can be static or changing. A field diagram can be used to show the interactions ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have made a significant advance in magnetic field measurement. They have developed a new technique that uses atoms as highly precise ...

Charged particles will only experience a force in a magnetic field if they are moving. The direction of the force is both perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field and the direction of the ...

Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth ... astronomers were surprised that it detected no global dipole magnetic fields, like Earth's. The explanation: the ice giants are layered ...

A new study suggests Pluto's largest moon ... revealing a surprising magnetic field strength of 5 to 21 microteslas (µT) around 2.8 billion years ago. This challenges previous assumptions ...

Charon is large in size relative to Pluto, and is locked in a tight orbit ... and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange magnetic field. Scientists simulated a situation ...

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Trump has shown an affinity with many of the little guys — what he called in 2017 "the forgotten men and women." But he also ...