A rare geological event occurs every 300,000 years or so: the Earth’s magnetic poles flip. The magnetic poles are the two ends of the magnetosphere, which surrounds the Earth like a giant, invisible ...

Earth is a giant bar magnet, and its north and south poles have been quietly swapping places over eons, scrambling what compasses would point to, if anyone were around to check. These changing ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Earth itself is a giant magnet. Because Earth spins and has an energized liquid metal core, it is in ...

You might be scared if you heard Earth’s North Pole and South Pole were about to flip positions. The sun is about to do the same thing, and it’s not a worry for us. The sun is a big magnetic ball of ...

The sun’s magnetic poles are about to flip, and it could cause lower latitude northern lights, more intense solar storms and potential danger for astronauts and satellite communication. However, ...

Is there something strange and alien confined deep inside the Earth? Is it trying to break free and escape into the heavens? No, of course not. But in a new soundscape from the ESA, it sure sounds ...

The emergence of a mysterious area in the South Atlantic where the geomagnetic field strength is decreasing rapidly, has led to speculation that Earth is heading towards a magnetic polarity reversal.

The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. This phenomenon happens roughly every 11 years and marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in polarity ...

Some Swiss researchers just finished a study on 5 major volcanic eruptions in the 1800's and they figure earth experienced a gear shift in its climate. Apparently they know one polarity shift happened ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Earth’s history suggests our current magnetic anomaly isn’t the prelude to a pole flip. The magnetic ...