I'm becoming more comfortable with my compass. I've been looking up at the stars and moon and drawing lines in my head. I've been thinking about how satellites orbiting Earth send information to ...

Even with an endless list of navigational apps and gadgets, it’s best to be prepared with an old school compass. After all, apps can crash, phone batteries die, and service can get lost in remote ...

The earliest known compasses were made in China’s Han Dynasty, between 300 and 200 BCE. These simple instruments were made from a lodestone—a naturally occurring, magnetically-charged mineral ...

The latest update to the World Magnetic Model includes new information on blackout zones, areas where compasses become unreliable due to the magnetic forces at play. Arctic travelers will have better ...

Quantum compasses need six atom interferometers, each the size of a small room, to work. But scientists have made crucial steps to miniaturizing these devices. When you purchase through links on ...

But how exactly did they know where they were going? A recent study, focused on a set of medieval stone disks found in Ukraine, supports the belief that Viking sailors used solar compasses to navigate ...