It might sound like something out of a Hollywood disaster movie, but the world's magnetic northern pole has changed. The magnetic north pole is the point that compasses point to as north and is ...

In labs around the world, scientists chase forces too faint to see and too small to touch. They hunt for tiny magnetic ...

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense the Earth’s magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn’t clear which sense the animals use ...

New research is turning a long‑standing hunch about sea turtles into a detailed map of how these animals read the planet ...

The most powerful solar telescope on Earth has just given us a key to help unlock the magnetic mysteries of the Sun. Now, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has provided a map of magnetic fields in ...

A new study details the loggerheads’ ability to “map” their position by using the Earth’s magnetic field, with possible ...

Now that the government shutdown is over, federal agencies have finally released an early edition of the World Magnetic Model, almost a full year before the next one was scheduled to be released, the ...

Unlike the geographic North Pole, which stays put at the top of the globe, the North Magnetic Pole moves, and it historically does this at a fairly steady rate. Lately, it’s moved at about 31 miles ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Satellites have provided a detailed view of the small but vitally important magnetic signals ...

Now that the government shutdown is over, federal agencies have finally released an early edition of the World Magnetic Model, almost a full year before the next one was scheduled to be released, the ...