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‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward, Earth’s inner core in changing shape.

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Earth’s inner core is not solid, it is 'shape-shifting' - time for textbooks to be rewritten

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions about its solidity.

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Earth’s Inner Core Is Changing Shape, Study Finds, Indicating Even More Dynamic Shifts Deep Within Our Planet

Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also deforming around the edges

Forbes · 3d

Earth’s Core Is Changing Shape

A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing hidden dynamics deep within Earth.

Alaska Dispatch News · 2d

Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing, it’s also shape-shifting, study finds

The planet’s inner core was previously thought of as a hard, solid sphere. But a new study has found that its edges are softer than realized and actually changing shape.

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What lies at the center of the Earth? The answer keeps changing.

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

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Computer Model Offers First-Ever Detailed Look at Earth's 'Ignorosphere'

Credit: Roberto Machado Noa/Moment via The past few centuries have yielded an abundance of information about Earth's atmosphere, from the weather that manifests in the troposphere and ...

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Earth's Interior

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball ...

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Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

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The Earth's structure and plate tectonics

The Earth is made up of different layers: Therefore, instead of tectonic plates moving because of the convection currents, evidence suggests it is the plates that drive the convection. Slab pull ...

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What's inside Earth quiz: Test your knowledge of our planet's hidden layers

so scientists rely on seismic waves to understand and model its structure. Seismic waves are shock waves that propagate through Earth's layers after an earthquake or explosive event, traveling ...

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