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

At the center of our planet is a very hot rotating ball of mostly iron and nickel (sorry Journey to the Center of the Earth ...

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

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 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.

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

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity.

Scientists have discovered that the inner core's surface is changing shape, challenging previous assumptions about its solid ...

It’s not rocket science that wearing multiple layers helps trap body heat to keep you warm while skiing in cold weather. Your mom probably first told you that all the way back in elementary school ...

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The processes that form continental crust from the denser basaltic rocks of the upper mantle may make the lower lithosphere ...