Sometimes the magnetic North Pole and South Pole do switch places. So how does the shifting of these fields differ from the flip? To put it plainly, the shifting happens over the course of ...

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 ...

As of now, "the magnetic South Pole has moved very little," said Brown to Newsweek, adding that it has covered "about the same distance in a century that the North Pole did in a decade." ...

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.

Some animals that migrate across the globe – such as birds, salmon, lobsters and sea turtles – are known to navigate using the magnetic field lines that stretch from Earth's north to south pole.