Los Angeles Times5d
Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing, it’s also shape-shifting, study finds
But a new study has found that its edges are softer than realized and actually changing shape as they press against the liquid iron and nickel in Earth’s outer core. “The molten outer core is ...
Popular Science6d
Earth’s inner core is less solid than we thought
Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer–or crust. It consists of two main parts–a liquid outer core and a more solid inner core. The outer ...
The New York Times6d
Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
A new study finds evidence that the inner core’s outer boundary has noticeably changed shape over the past few decades. “The most likely thing is the outer core is kind of tugging on the inner ...
Live Science6d
Scientists discover Earth's inner core isn't just slowing down — it's also changing shape
These differences suggest that the inner core's surface, while solid, could be quite changeable over short periods. "The most likely thing is the flow in the outer core is stirring up the ...
CNN5d
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Earth’s innermost layer is a hot, solid ball of metal surrounded by a liquid metal outer core. For decades, planetary scientists suspected that the solid inner core deformed over time as it spun ...
BBC6d
Earth's inner core may have changed shape, say scientists
The inner core spins independently from the liquid outer core and from the rest of the planet. Without this motion, Earth would die and become more like barren Mars which lost its magnetic field ...