An animation using data from the European Space Agency (ESA) allows you to "listen" to Earth's magnetic field being disrupted ...

Scientists understand that Earth's magnetic field has flipped its polarity many times over the millennia. In other words, if you were alive about 800,000 years ago, and facing what we call north ...

Our magnetic field has reversed polarity in the past many times, though not in the last 780,000 years. So it’s unclear what might happen.

The poles of the sun’s magnetic field are fading away. But don’t panic: it’s all part of our host star’s usual 11-year cycle of activity.. Over the past couple of years, solar activity ...

As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in more detail and look at the effects it could have on Earth.

However, the magnetic field is not stable, and at irregular intervals at an average of every 200,000 years polarity reversals happen. This means that the magnetic North and South poles swap places.

Earth's Magnetic Polarity Can Flip Much More Quickly Than Previously Thought. Published Aug 20, 2018 at 3:00 PM EDT Updated Aug 20, 2018 at 6:35 PM EDT. By . Katherine Hignett is a reporter based ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA -- Push two magnets together and you'll set off an avalanche of activity, forcing atoms on each magnet to align their polarity with the intruding magnetic field. It may sound like a ...

However, the magnetic field is not stable, and at irregular intervals at an average of every 200,000 years polarity reversals happen. This means that the magnetic North and South poles swap places.

Every so often, Earth's magnetic poles completely flip. What causes this to happen? And how do these reversals affect life on Earth?

As this time line shows, our magnetic field has flipped hundreds of times through history. The cause, frequency, and duration of such flips remains a mystery, however. When Compasses Point South ...