When a magnetic field is applied, the atoms undergo energy shifts. The researchers used a laser to measure these shifts precisely. This allowed them to determine the field's orientation.

Using measurements of methanol (CH3OH) in space to investigate magnetic fields was suggested many decades ago. In the dense gas surrounding many newborn stars, methanol molecules shine brightly as ...

This is precisely why magnetometers—devices used to measure magnetic fields—are flown on almost all missions in space to benefit the Earth, planetary, and heliophysics science communities, and ...

A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation of magnetic fields using what may be the tiniest compasses around—atoms.

High school students in Portugal programmed a small, inexpensive Raspberry Pi computer to measure Earth's magnetic field from the International Space Station.

Magnetic imprint on deconfined nuclear matter Date: May 17, 2024 Source: DOE/US Department of Energy Summary: Scientists have the first direct evidence that the powerful magnetic fields created in ...

Julie Steenhuysen Reuters Friday, 2 November 2007 The sensor can measure magnetic fields down to 70 femtoteslas, equivalent to the brainwaves of someone daydreaming (Image: iStockphoto) ...

Lin and his team instead used a set of sensors in the south Pacific Ocean to measure magnetic field and sea level change simultaneously for the two tsunamis in that area in 2009 and 2010.