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Late July is a great time to get acquainted with the Little Dipper, also called Ursa Minor. Face north as soon as it gets ...

Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

For centuries, the magnetic north pole steadily tracked along Canada's northern shore. But in recent decades, it has taken a new path, accelerating across the Arctic Ocean toward Russia's Siberia ...

The magnetic North Pole is on a journey toward Russia in a way that has not been seen before. The British Geological Survey (BGS) works with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

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.