New simulations show carbon enabled Earth’s inner core to solidify under realistic cooling, solving the nucleation paradox.

Researchers have made a surprising discovery that offers clues to how the Earth’s core formed millions of years ago.

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Those changes in rotation are mainly due to magnetic forces generated by convection in Earth’s liquid outer core, says John Vidale at the University of Southern California.

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

Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped roughly 41,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, thanks to a clever interpretation of information collected by the European Space ...

Where the Earth’s core meets the mantle, there are two giant regions that have baffled geologists for fifty years. A new piece of the puzzle has now emerged with the discovery that they have ...

Decades worth of seismic data confirms the rotation of Earth's inner core is moving slower than the planet's surface. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Collectively, about 1 percent of the Earth's mass would be derived from these deep Theia fragments. Obviously, this doesn't look like the two large, low-velocity provinces we see today.

The Earth Has Two Mysterious Protrusions On Its Core And They’re Not The Same The two continent-sized provinces have been known since the 1970s, but it’s only in the last few years we’ve ...