NASA is launching rockets from a remote Pacific island to study mysterious, high-altitude cloud-like structures that can disrupt critical communication systems. The mission, called Sporadic-E ...

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter spacecraft has delivered the first-ever close-up images of the Sun's ...

The Solar Orbiter has been observing the sun since 2021, but it recently went on a side trip to Venus which significantly tilted its orbit and gave it a good view of the sun's polar region. That is ...

Fed up of following directions on his phone ... they touch the magnet with a needle which is whirled round in a circle until, when its motion ceases, its point looks direct to the north. In fact a ...

The drifting of Earth’s magnetic north pole is totally normal and for years this has been ... hence the movement towards that direction. There is also a polar shift related to the drift of the ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, as the position of the magnetic North Pole is officially being changed ... this update ensures you’re heading in the right ...

The magnetic north pole is different from the geographic North ... industries rely on magnetometers that use the magnetic field to give directions. “Although it seems a bit arcane, it has ...

(Credit: Yanik Chauvin/Shutterstock) The north magnetic pole, located closer to Canada a century ago ... and it even impacts civilians who rely on accurate GPS directions to reach their destination.

This will officially move the magnetic North Pole closer to Siberia, from 1 January 2025. Unlike 'true north', which is the ...

This will officially move the magnetic North Pole closer to Siberia, from 1 January 2025. Unlike 'true north', which is the direction that points directly towards the geographic North Pole ...