Will the pole shift actually happen? Discover more about Earth’s magnetic poles and how they’ve shifted in the past.

The Mechanics of Earth's Spin Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the Sun, but once every 23 hours, 56 ...

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New research suggests that the inner core of the Earth has an internal flow between one side where iron is crystallizing, and another where it's melting.

The updated version of the World Magnetic Model was released on Dec. 17, with a new prediction of how the magnetic north pole will shift over the next five years. Here's why it was changed. When you ...

Polaris, also known as the 'Pole Star' or 'North Star', is arguably the most famous stellar body to hang in the western hemisphere's night sky. For centuries it has served as a vital waypoint for ...

Though the exact length of a "stadia" is unknown, his measurement is thought to be accurate to within one percent of the ...

Scientists are trying to decipher what drove the recent dramatic cooling of the tropical Atlantic, but so far few clues have emerged. "We are still scratching our heads as to what's actually happening ...