The Earth's inner core, long considered a solid and stable sphere, may be quite different. A recent study suggests that its ...

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

Dust off your old science textbook from grade school and you’ll probably find a familiar illustration of the Earth sliced in half, revealing the planet’s layers, from the crust down to the core — ...

Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...

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A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

Astronomers have just uncovered an intriguing planet not far from us in cosmic terms. It’s a super-Earth, orbiting a star similar to our Sun, and it might have the conditions necessary to support life ...

For 45 years, the Alien movie franchise has seen the Xenomorphs terrorize poor groups of humans on various spaceships and planets (most recently in the 2024 movie Alien: Romulus), but now the iconic ...

This new model updates the location of magnetic north while also providing improved navigation for technologies reliant on Earth’s magnetic field. Updated every five years, scientists have ...

Alien: Earth is coming up this summer, and we know it's going to be a scary ride. The first-ever TV show in the sci-fi franchise is set to channel the horror vibes of Ridley Scott's Alien as the ...