A new robot is set to capture the first global images of Earth's magnetic field "breathing" in and out from the surface of ...

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Earthquake data suggest that all or small patches of the inner core's surface may be swelling and contracting.

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball, about ...

This appears to be the case, to a rather stunning extent, in the instance of the reporting this week around new findings that researchers say shows the rotation of Earth ... picture of how the ...

Beyond the outer core lies the mantle, a 1,800-mile-thick layer of viscous molten rock on which ... by Garcia Julien, Getty Images We also enjoy protection from Earth's magnetic field, generated ...

Earth’s inner core, a solid metal ball gyrating within the molten outer core, may be both slowing down and changing shape. Recent analyses of earthquake waves have suggested that around 15 years ago, ...