The magnetic north pole is different from the geographic North ... and it enters your position into the World Magnetic Model software to tell it what the magnetic field should look like.

Recent developments have unveiled a significant shift in the position of the magnetic north pole, raising questions about the implications of this movement. For centuries, scientists have ...

It’s a bit confusing, but the north pole as far as ... to reliably track its position in the early 1900s. Normally, scientists issue updates to the location of magnetic north every five years ...

Now, new research suggests that a magnetic pole flip roughly 42,000 years ago brought with it some dramatic changes, and may have changed the course of human history. Disaster movies have shown us ...

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 ...

A magnetic field is invisible, but it can be detected using a magnetic compass. A compass contains a small bar magnet on a pivot so that it can rotate. The compass needle points in the direction ...