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

Earth's mysterious core is yet again generating headlines as scientists learn more about what lies way beneath our feet. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored by ...

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Earth’s solid inner core appears to have changed shape in the past 20 years or so, according to seismic wave measurements – but the behaviour of these waves could also be explained by other shifts at ...

Where the Earth’s core meets the mantle, there are two giant regions that have baffled geologists for fifty years. A new ...

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.

Scientists peering into the very heart of the planet Mars have found a deeply unexpected structure. There, at the innermost ...

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 ...

It's only in the last few years that scientists have been able to map the red planet's interior structure. That's because ...