magnetic

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Ask anyone who sold magnetic tape in 1985.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Saturn's magnetic field does not form a balanced, symmetrical bubble like Earth's.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Brian was 6 feet 4 and a moppy-haired brunette musician with magnetic stage presence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Researchers focused on identifying the exact position of Saturn's cusp -- a region where magnetic field lines bend back toward the poles and allow charged particles to funnel into the atmosphere.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

One’s magnetic and directional subsenses are all wrong on other planets; when the intellect won’t or can’t compensate for that wrongness, the result is a profound bewilderment, a feeling that everything, literally, has come loose.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin