Earth’s magnetic north pole has been shifting gradually for centuries due to the movement of molten metals in the planet’s outer core. In the 1990s, magnetic north began to experience an ...

On Dec. 17, the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and the British Geological Survey (BGS) released an updated version of the World Magnetic Model, a prediction for how Earth's ...

Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is now closer to Siberia than it was five years ago and is continuing to drift toward ...

North Pole, doesn’t actually point at the north magnetic pole at all. It’s a bit confusing, but the north pole as far as the Earth’s magnetic field is concerned is a constantly-shifting ...

Based on the most up-to-date models, the Magnetic North Pole (MNP) is continuing on its trajectory towards Russia. Not to be confused with the Geographic North Pole, sometimes called “True North ...

The Earth's magnetic North Pole is moving east, which is interesting but not unusual. What's unusual is how fast it is moving. At 55 kilometres a year, the pole is racing east at a pace faster ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole has been shifting, and this change is affecting charged particles in the planet’s vicinity, potentially altering satellite orbits due to atmospheric heating and ...

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-contact force. The area around the magnet that is affected ...