The surface of the Earth's inner core may be changing, as shown by a new study by USC scientists that detected structural changes near the planet's center, published in Nature Geoscience. The changes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wealth of new information about Earth’s inner core has surfaced in recent months. Scientists now have evidence that the planet’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have found evidence of changes in the structure of the Earth's core. University of Southern California team, led by ...

Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth’s inner core — a solid ball of iron and nickel that plays a crucial role in shaping the conditions we experience on the surface ...

A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new constraint on the chemistry of Earth's core, by showing how it was able to ...

Geophysicist John Vidale noticed something striking while tracking the way seismic waves move from Earth’s crust through its core. The very center of the planet, a solid ball of iron and nickel ...

The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...

For most people, a day feels constant and predictable, lasting exactly 24 hours. However, Earth’s rotation is not perfectly uniform, and precise measurements show that the length of a day changes by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. New research suggests that Earth’s inner core has been ...

Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. 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 ...

Earth's inner core, the solid iron-rich mass at the center of our planet, is slowly growing as the surrounding molten outer core cools and freezes. But this process has been a source of debate amongst ...