It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At most, Earth's magnetic field may have remained at 25 percent of its current ...

Could the expected solar flares bring a greater chance of seeing the northern lights? Sophia Herod takes a look.

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.

The solar maximum, a period of intense activity, precedes the reversal of the magnetic field, which is manifested by a change in polarity at the poles of our ... this reversal is not synonymous with ...

Earth’s magnetic field has behaved even more dramatically in the past, with the magnetosphere weakening so much that its polarity reversed. This flips the magnetic north and south poles ...

The solar maximum, a period of intense activity, precedes the reversal of the magnetic field, which is manifested by a change in polarity at the poles of our star. The reversal of the Sun's ...