Plasma waves are a critical element to understanding the many mysteries of the gas giant’s turbulent, magnetically powerful ...

Recent shifts in Earth's magnetic field have human fingerprints all over them. While it is normal for our planet's magnetic ...

Artifacts from the Iron Age have revealed an intense historical magnetic anomaly in the Middle East. Could using a similar ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has detected an unusual new variety of plasma phenomenon occurring over Jupiter's north pole.

GPS systems, planes and military equipment track the magnetic field and rely on accurate models of magnetic north to function ...

The last full reversal took place approximately 780,000 years ago - leaving some experts to predict another flip is imminent.

The last full reversal took place approximately 780,000 years ago - leaving some experts to predict another flip is imminent.

Scientists have managed to turn Laschamps event, or the cosmic event when Earth's magnetic poles switched places – the North ...

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the magnetic North Pole over Europe about 41,000 years ago, new University of ...

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.

Unlike the geographic North Pole, which marks a fixed location, the magnetic north pole’s position is determined by Earth’s magnetic field, which is in constant motion.