Sometimes the magnetic North Pole and South Pole do switch places ... the shifting happens over the course of thousands of years, moving slowly into new locations. Once they arrive in those ...

Magnetic poles move because the "liquid metal in the outer ... As of now, "the magnetic South Pole has moved very little," said Brown to Newsweek, adding that it has covered "about the same ...

Since its discovery in 1831, magnetic north has shifted over 1,100 km, accelerating from 16 km/year to 55 km/year before suddenly slowing down in recent years. Magnetic pole flips happen randomly ...