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Earth's magnetic field

You can imagine Earth’s magnetic field as if there were a giant bar magnet inside the planet. Because it has two poles, it’s called a dipole. Around such a magnet, so-called field lines form. Authors: ZDF/Terra X/Bilderfest/Tillman Graach/Moritz Krause/Benjamin Calliari-Herzberg/Maximilian Heß Tra

Measuring Mars's Magnetic Field | NASA Planetary Sciences

Learn about the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission to Mars in this video from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Mars does not have a global magnetic field like Earth but does have patches of magnetic fields. Scientists use magnetometers to study the planet's magnetic anomalies.