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 ...

British explorer Sir James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada, approximately 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) south of the true North Pole.

During solar minimum, the sun's magnetic field is close to a dipole, with one north pole and one south pole, similar to Earth's magnetic field.But as we shift toward solar maximum, "the sun's ...

An animation using data from the European Space Agency (ESA) allows you to "listen" to Earth's magnetic field being disrupted ...

At its lowest point, the field strength fell to below 10 percent of today’s levels, leaving Earth exposed to dangerous cosmic radiation and solar winds. Usually, the magnetosphere acts as a protective ...