Everyone knows about the Earth’s poles: north and south. One is where the penguins live, the other one is where Santa Claus ...

Earth doesn't always just have a single magnetic North and South Pole. Evidence suggests that, for hundreds to thousands of years at a time, our planet has had four, six, and even eight poles at a ...

All magnets also have north and south poles, and when the north pole of one magnet is exposed to the south pole of another ...

During flips, Earth can develop multiple north and south poles, even reaching the equator. This unpredictable behavior disrupts geomagnetic stability on a planetary scale. Some scientists ...

This means the north pole of the magnet pulls towards the south pole of another magnet. Two of the same poles will repel. We use magnets everyday on many things, from the toys you play with ...

Bar magnets and horseshoe magnets are two of the most common shapes of magnet. The magnetic field is shown by lines with arrows that point from north to south ... Close to the poles the particles ...

Is North the new South? The poles aren't switching places — not for another 1,000 years anyway, according to experts. And, all hope isn't lost for smartphones either. Magnetometers calculate ...