Sentences with phrase «direction of the magnetic field within»

A compass is not made of the same substance as a magnetic field, nor is it sent or chosen by the north pole, but it is accurately sensitive to the pull and direction of the magnetic field within which we live.

This modeling would be aided by observations that somehow capture the direction of the magnetic field within the CME as it leaves the sun and by «a better understanding of how the magnetic field will change and evolve as the CME makes its multiday transit from the sun to Earth,» Viereck says.

Not exact matches

To make the map they used the known strength and direction of the Earth's magnetic field everywhere within the planet's mantle and crust.

Here we report that hatchling loggerheads, when exposed to magnetic fields replicating those found in three widely separated oceanic regions, responded by swimming in directions that would, in each case, help keep turtles within the currents of the North Atlantic gyre and facilitate movement along the migratory pathway.