Earth's main magnetic field is generated in the planet's outer core, a layer of molten iron ... and more complex than that of a regular bar magnet, the magnetic south pole — the point in the ...

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.

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, as the position of the magnetic North Pole is officially ...

Every five years, they release a new edition of the World Magnetic Model (WMM), a tool used by GPS systems and navigation devices that maps the north magnetic pole. As of the latest revision, released ...

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.

Sir James Clark Ross discovered magnetic north pole in ... In December, the team released two models, revealing that the pole is now closer to Siberia than it was five years ago and is continuing ...

These forces are strongest at the ends of the magnets. The two ends of a magnet are known as the north pole and the south pole. If you try to put two magnets together with the same poles pointing ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more ... of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is now closer to Siberia than it was five ...