North is north, right? Well, yes and no. There is more than one north pole (and for that matter more than one south pole). As ...

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Meanwhile, the magnetic poles are defined as the points where the Earth's magnetic field meets the surface, and are the same ...

which is not to be confused with the geographic North Pole, or 'True North'—a fixed point where all longitude lines intersect ...

The reason is that the Earth spins on an axis, which points due north and south, to spots we call the North and South Celestial poles. The Earth’s turning does make Polaris appear to rotate ...

The Earth’s outer core, composed mainly of molten iron, experiences unpredictable changes in its flow. These changes in the ...

The Earth's magnetic North Pole is currently moving toward Russia in a way that British scientists have not seen before. Scientists have been tracking the magnetic North Pole for centuries ...

The biggest and oldest of these scars is a monster crater, one of the largest, not just on the Moon, but in the entire Solar ...

Climate change warms waters near the poles, enabling larger migratory fish like salmon to flourish. Equatorial populations ...

While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it was before, raising questions about the planet's magnetic field. If the Earth's field is disrupted ...