Earth’s magnetic north pole has been shifting gradually for centuries due to the movement of molten metals in the planet’s outer core. In the 1990s, magnetic north began to experience an ...

Besides the geographic North Pole — an area that some children worldwide recognize as the home of Santa and all his reindeer — the Earth also has a magnetic North Pole. These magnetic poles ...

It’s a bit confusing, but the north pole as far as the Earth’s magnetic field is concerned is a constantly-shifting point that has gradually moved along a relatively straight path from Canada ...

Have you ever played with a magnet and stuck it in a sandy wash? It will pick up lots of black stuff. Some call it black sand; some might think ...

The World Magnetic Model predicts shifts in Earth's magnetic field using data from satellites like ESA’s Swarm mission. Milk genes Neanderthals? New study reveals a surprising ancestral twist ...

At planetary scale, Earth’s magnetic field induces such a current ... paleomagnetic records show that the intensity drops by up to 90 percent in the process of pole-switching. We should all feel ...

Earth’s magnetic field is not fixed—it ... km/year to 55 km/year before suddenly slowing down in recent years. Magnetic pole flips happen randomly, sometimes taking 10,000 to 50 million ...

Historical data shows that auroras occur more often during the spring and autumn equinox.

By analyzing radio signals from India’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, which continues to operate efficiently and provide valuable ...

Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth's magnetic field to create a personal map of their ...