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Scientists accidentally discover Earth's inner core is less solid than expected
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 ...
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Earth’s true core is a 400-mile-wide iron ball, according to a new study
If it does indeed prove true that the Earth’s true core is a ball of iron, then it could help scientists better understand how our planet came to exist in the first place. Joshua Hawkins Writer ...
Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing; it’s also shape-shifting, study finds
Previous research has found that the rotation of the inner core is slowing down relative to the rotation of the external ...
The Earth’s Core Is Not as Solid As We Thought, Yet Another Study Speculates
A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...
Giant glaciers pulverized Earth's ancient rocks, setting the stage for complex life
Imagine floating in space, gazing on a frozen white orb. The ball hangs in the void, lonely and gleaming in the light from ...
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Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The new research adds to the mysteries of the planet’s deepest interior region. By Kenneth Chang The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide ...
The shape of Earth's core is changing
Scientists have uncovered new information about the Earth's core: it may not be completely solid. Instead, it may be more malleable than expected, and has changed shape in recent years. These findings ...
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Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star that will outlive the sun by 100 billion years
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet that is showered with so much ... space long ago and left behind an airless, ...