British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) south of the true North Pole. We now know that ...

When a magnet repels, it pushes another magnet away. A magnet has opposite ends called a north pole and a south pole. Between the poles is a magnetic force that we can’t see. This is a non ...

If you bring a north pole and a south pole together, they will attract. Earth's core contains liquid iron which moves around. Iron is magnetic so the liquid iron causes Earth to have a magnetic field.

Earth's magnetic field is what protects our planet from harmful space radiation. However, our protective shield might soon go into a transformation that could threaten the lives on Earth.

The Earth's magnetic North Pole is moving east ... 2G is occurring for two entirely different reasons. Is North the new South? The poles aren't switching places — not for another 1,000 years ...