Earth's mysterious core is yet again generating headlines as scientists learn more about what lies way beneath our feet. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet that sits some 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) below the surface.

Why Trust Us? A new study analyzing decades of seismogram data shows that physical changes can occur at the surface of the Earth’s inner core. This means that the surface of the inner core could ...

This is because the internal solar environment plays an important role in determining the weather in space and also the Earth ...

The Earth is continuously changing, with constant transformations occurring both on its surface and within its core. The movement of tectonic plates, climate shifts, and the drifting of the ...

A recent study revealed that Earth’s inner core is slowing down, prompting scientists to investigate further. Their research led to an unexpected discovery: that inner core is not entirely solid.

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Primordial helium from the beginning of the solar system may be stuck inside Earth's solid core, new research suggests. The findings could have implications for a long-standing debate about how ...