Are the Earth’s Magnetic Poles Flipping?

The Earth’s Magnetic Field. Image NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Public Domain)

Almost everyone has heard of the northern lights. People now book their vacations to Iceland and Norway in the winter to be able to see them. There are also the lesser-known southern lights. Both phenomena are known as the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis. But have you ever wondered how they are created?

You see the Earth has a magnetic field — created because our internally active planet…