The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Scientists at the University of Southern California have discovered the Earth's core is changing shape after analysing ...

Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until now the inner core was widely thought of as a solid sphere.

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...

Earth's inner core may have changed shape, according to researchers studying unknown transformations deep within the planet.

Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating more material in some areas and less in others — almost like creating hills ...

A new study has found evidence that the Earth's inner core may have changed shape. Far from taking place over geological ...

Last year, a pair of researchers claimed that the shockwaves of the shutdown could be felt as far as the moon, causing a ...

However, scientists have been baffled to discover that the inner core is actually changing shape. By looking at the ...

A new, detailed probe of Earth's heart reveals that the rotating inner core doesn't just change in rotation speed – it also appears to change in shape, with subtle variations appearing in the way ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...