Scientists Baffled to Find Signs of Another Core Within Earth’s Inner Core, Say ‘We Have to Rewrite the Textbooks’ For decades, schoolbooks have painted a relatively simple picture of Earth ...

The inner core of the Earth appears to hold an innermost secret. Geology textbooks almost inevitably include a cutaway diagram of the Earth showing four neatly delineated layers: a thin outer ...

Diagram of the Earth's interior showing the crust (aluminium, silicate), the mantle (magnesium, silicate) and the core (iron, nickel). Colour illustration. Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images ...

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 ...

A diagram of Earth's interior structure (Image credit: ... Earth's inner core remains as mysterious as it was when Jules Verne published his fanciful "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in 1864.

Scientists have proposed that Earth’s solid inner core (yellow in this diagram) rotates faster than the rest of Earth. A new study suggests the core’s rotation has recently paused, and is ...

The diamond anvil cell used in this experiment. (A) Symmetric Diamond Anvil Cell, (B) Schematic diagram of a diamond anvil. The orange circle is the area corresponding to (C, D) (C) Image of the ...

“The molten outer core is widely known to be turbulent, but its turbulence had not been observed to disrupt its neighbor the inner core on a human timescale,” Vidale said in a press statement.

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.

Diagrams of Earth’s inner core; Journal Reference: Wei Wang, John E. Vidale. Seismological observation of Earth’s oscillating inner core. Science Advances, 2022; 8 (23) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv ...

The inner core of our planet is actually a mishmash of hard, mushy and liquid metal. Skip to main content. ... A diagram of Earth's interior structure (Image credit: Shutterstock) ...