Four out of the five brightest stars we can see are now readily visible in the early evening celestial dome. Of course, the ...

Being the planet closest to the Sun, Mercury is the one most under our star’s spell, including having a closely aligned axis ...

So, on Earth, the North Star is our pole star and it has been extremely useful for people living here for millennia. This ...

The magnetic north pole is different from the geographic North ... constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core. The movement of the molten, electrically ...

A spacecraft has sent back some of the most detailed and breathtaking images of Mercury's north pole, shedding new light on the mysterious, shadowy regions of the small planet closest to the Sun.

Marking the North Pole is challenging ... the magnetosphere shields the planet from harmful solar radiation and keeps solar winds from stripping away Earth’s atmosphere. Because the convective ...

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point, has been unexpectedly moving toward Russia. While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it ...

The geographic North Pole is the point where Earth's axis of rotation meets the planet's surface and where all lines of longitude converge. The magnetic north pole, meanwhile, is the point in the ...

The magnetic North Pole is on a journey toward Russia in a way that has not been seen before. The British Geological Survey (BGS) works with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Every five years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the British Geological Survey (BGS) jointly update the World Magnetic Model (WMM). The newest version shows that the ...