Are You Positive That's North?

Sometimes it seems like you can't count on anything, and now the Earth's north pole is on the move at a dramatically accelerated rate, more than 30 miles per year. Of course, that's not the rotation pole, but the magnetic pole, and it's not the north magnetic pole, it's the...

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Main Authors: Colwell, Joshua, Dove, Adrienne, Cooney, James
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: STARS 2019
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Online Access:https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/72
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/context/walkaboutthegalaxy/article/1071/type/native/viewcontent
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Summary:Sometimes it seems like you can't count on anything, and now the Earth's north pole is on the move at a dramatically accelerated rate, more than 30 miles per year. Of course, that's not the rotation pole, but the magnetic pole, and it's not the north magnetic pole, it's the magnetic north pole. Confused? That's what the astroquarks are here for. Tune in for this, more interesting news about the complicated environments around the cool red stars that are home to so many exoplanets, space news, and trivia.