It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At ...

Magnetic pole flips happen randomly, sometimes taking 10,000 to 50 million years. The last full reversal, the Brunhes–Matuyama event, occurred 780,000 years ago. Around 41,000 years ago ...

Over 40,000 years ago, Earth's magnetic field pulled a switcheroo, flipping its poles in a dramatic shift known as the Las-champs Event. Now, thanks to ...

Superplumes near Earth's core may trigger volcanic eruptions, disrupt the magnetic field, and even cause pole reversals, ...

At present, the north magnetic pole is headed for Russia ... of the poles may be hinting at an upcoming polar flip. Earth’s poles have flipped many times in the past, and we may already be ...

notable for being the most recent reversal of the planet’s magnetic poles, The Japan Times reported January 17. It’s named for the Chiba Prefecture in Japan, where a deposition of minerals and marine ...

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 peak of activity – the solar maximum – occurs when the sun's north and south magnetic poles flip. When that happens, the sun "transitions from being calm to an active and stormy state," NASA said ...