Everyone knows about the Earth’s poles: north and south. One is where the penguins live, the other one is where Santa Claus ...

The magnetic north pole, where compass needles point, is about 1,200 miles south and is where geomagnetic field lines are vertical. Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy ...

The magnetic north pole is not in the same location as the geographic north pole, which is located 1,300 miles away.

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point, has been unexpectedly moving toward Russia. While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it ...

North Pole, doesn’t actually point at the north magnetic pole at all. It’s a bit confusing, but the north pole as far as the Earth’s magnetic field is concerned is a constantly-shifting ...

Earth's magnetic field is what protects our planet from harmful space radiation. However, our protective shield might soon go into a transformation that could threaten the lives on Earth.

If you bring a north pole and a south pole together, they will attract. Earth's core contains liquid iron which moves around. Iron is magnetic so the liquid iron causes Earth to have a magnetic field.

But it’s more important than you might think. The Earth acts like a giant bar magnet, with a magnetic north and south pole. Confusingly, these are not in the same place as the geographic north ...

The Earth's magnetic North Pole is moving east ... occurring for two entirely different reasons. Is North the new South? The poles aren't switching places — not for another 1,000 years anyway ...