Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

The magnetic north pole’s movement, which has suddenly accelerated toward Siberia this century ... Scientists say that if you tried traveling the 5,280 miles from South Africa to the United Kingdom in ...

Scientists are slowly piecing together what the South Pole looked like back then. Scientists are a little more perplexed when it comes to this discovery. Recent data shows that the magnetic North ...

The magnetic north pole, where compass needles point, is about 1,200 miles south and is where geomagnetic field lines are vertical. Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy ...

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

Have you heard the phrase opposites attract? That's definitely the case with magnets. Magnets have a north pole and a south pole. If you put the north ...

British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,609 kilometres south of the north pole. But since then, the magnetic north has ...

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