Our phones have already adjusted to the latest shift in the Earth's magnetic pole position, which appears to be constantly ...

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.

Our phones have already adapted to the latest shift in the Earth's magnetic pole position, as it appears to be continually ...

Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation systems Ella Jeffries Staff Contributor The magnetic north pole, distinct from ...

more It’s important to know the difference between the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole. The geographic north pole doesn’t move, and if we’re putting things in the simplest ...

Sometimes here at Hackaday we bring you stories from slightly outside our world of tech, because they have an interesting angle ... are true North, pointing to the North Pole, and magnetic ...

Unlike the geographic North Pole, which marks a fixed location, the magnetic north pole’s position ... though the time between flips has varied greatly — from 5,000 years to as much as 50 ...