The spinning of Earth’s inner core is slowing down. Is this how it all ends? The movement of Earth’s inner core is slowing. Nobody can say why. (NASA) By Tyrone Beason Staff Writer .

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.

So, what does it mean that Earth’s inner core is spinning slower and slower?. Let’s find out. Scientists started tracking the slowdown in 2008, and this is the first time it’s happened since ...

The 2003 disaster film "The Core" imagines that the rotation of Earth's center has stalled, damaging the magnetic field that envelops the planet — and triggering a violent lightning storm that ...

Update: As reported below, research from January 2023 indicated that the solid metal core of Earth might have reversed its spin, as part of a decades-long pattern of slowing down and speeding up.

Earth's rotation has sped up, causing shorter days. Astrophysicist Graham Jones predicts the next shortest day is around the ...

Melting ice is slowing Earth's spin and causing changes to its axis, new studies find. The shifts are causing feedback beneath the surface, impacting the planet's molten core.

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.

For a while, the scientists reported, the core’s rotation matched Earth’s spin. Then it slowed even more, until the core was moving backward relative to the fluid layers around it.

By the 1970s, the inner core was spinning a little faster than the planet. It slowed around 2008, and from 2008 to 2023 began moving slightly in reverse, relative to the mantle.