Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...
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 ...
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 inner core was widely thought of as a solid sphere.
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
Researchers at the University of Southern California say they’ve unraveled the mystery of why Earth’s inner core has been slowing, gradually altering the length of a ...
The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.