Earth’s north pole comes in two forms: true north and magnetic north. True north refers to the geographic north pole, the fixed point where Earth’s rotational axis meets its surface.

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The magnetic north pole is not in the same location as the geographic north pole, which is located 1,300 miles away.

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point, has been unexpectedly moving toward Russia. While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it ...

Magnetic North is on the move — faster than expected. That’s right, we know magnetic north moves around, but now it’s happened at a surprising rate. Instead of waiting for the normal five ...

The Earth acts like a giant bar magnet, with a magnetic north and south pole. Confusingly, these are not in the same place as the geographic north (True North) and south pole. In fact, they ...

This video shows what will happen when Earth's magnetic poles flip. Following is a transcript of the video. Did you know that Earth has two N orth Poles? There's the geographic North Pole ...

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 ...