A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

With the right preparations and technological solutions in place, aviation would continue to operate safely, even during a ...

Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, ...

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.

Earth’s magnetic north is not static ... but scientists say there’s no evidence that any pole reversal is imminent — plus, it would take place over hundreds to thousands of years.

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

in which the planet’s north and south magnetic poles swap places. While such an event is not expected to happen any time soon, they have occurred periodically throughout Earth’s history—the last ...

Understanding the Mystique of Magnetic Pole Shifts Magnetic pole shifts, a subject shrouded in both fascination and fear, ...

Unlike the geographic North Pole, which marks a fixed location ... While life on Earth has weathered multiple magnetic reversals over more than 100 million years, “we’ve never experienced ...

Earth’s magnetic north is not static ... but scientists say there’s no evidence that any pole reversal is imminent – plus, it would take place over hundreds to thousands of years.