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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images The equator is the imaginary line that horizontally ...

The Mechanics of Earth's Spin Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the Sun, but once every 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to other distant stars. Scientists call this ...

By trapping huge amounts of water on land, big dams built by humans have slightly changed how Earth spins and where its poles ...

Earth's regular seasons are primarily due to its axial tilt (obliquity) of approximately 23 degrees, causing variations in sunlight intensity across the hemispheres throughout its orbit. This ...

If you are using your smartphone to navigate, your system just got a crucial update. Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift more than a meter. Reading time 2 minutes Humans have built so many dams ...

Strong darkening observed around the equator of Vega suggests that the fifth brightest star in Earth’s sky has a huge temperature difference of 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit from its cool equatorial region ...