Scientists accidentally discovered that the Earth's inner core might not be how we thought it was - and it could affect the ...

Not only is Earth’s inner core spinning and growing, but it’s also changing shape, according to new research. Our planet’s [… ...

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...

First, a few basics. The Earth’s inner core, which is smaller than the moon, is solid iron and nickel. It’s surrounded by a layer of molten metal known as the outer core, followed by the Earth’s ...

Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until now the ... Feb. 10, 2025 — Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive ...

A new study has seen scientists unexpectedly find that the inner core of our planet is changing its physical nature ...

The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.

Earth's inner core may have changed shape, according to researchers studying unknown transformations deep within the planet.

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

From the blog of Adrian Stein at The Times of Israel ...