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

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 layer ...

At the time, scientists weren’t sure if these formations near the boundary between Earth’s mantle and core were a temporary phenomenon, or if they had existed there for millions or billions of ...

Although this inner core is white hot, the pressure is so high ... The next layer is the mantle. Many people think of this as lava, but it's actually rock. The rock is so hot, however, that ...

The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements are present in different parts of the Earth’s structure. The crust is made from enormous ...

Water-bearing subducted slabs may not dehydrate and contribute to chemical heterogeneities at the core–mantle boundary, according to high-pressure and high-temperature melting experiments.

Beneath that is the 2,900 km thick mantle layer. Then, enclosed within the mantle is the innermost metallic core of our planet. The mantle is Earth's largest layer of rocks. However, because it is ...