A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...
Recent seismological studies challenge the traditional view that the interface between the core and mantle is a straightforward discontinuity. As seismology is pushed to its observational limits ...
Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...
Researchers found evidence that the Earth's inner core is changing shape, suggesting unseen processes affecting its movement ...
Beneath that is the 2,900 km thick mantle layer. Then, enclosed within the mantle is the innermost metallic core of our planet. The mantle is Earth's largest layer of rocks. However, because it is ...