While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers ... In fact, Earth's inner core appears to have another even more inner core within it.

Earth’s inner core was long thought to be ... By the 1980s, scientists realized it had complex properties, including possible variations in its structure. This new research reveals it’s ...

the researchers note that understanding the Earth’s inner core is difficult for several reasons. Chief among these is the fact that seismological observations have shown a complicated structure ...

Physicists suggest a new explanation for the interesting properties of the Earth's inner core ... the underlying metallic structure of the iron and making the core more malleable.

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 ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth's inner core, previously thought to be solid and unchanging, has experienced significant shape changes over the past 20 years. Through advanced seismic ...

The Earth has a layered structure made ... heat energy from the hot core. The outer core is liquid iron and nickel and generates the Earth's magnetic field. And the inner core is made of solid ...

After decades of debate, scientists confirm the moon has a solid iron core—mirroring Earth’s inner structure and reshaping how we understand our nearest neighbor. New data and advanced ...

Geochemical evidence from laboratory experiments for a potential solid inner core at ... determine the crystal structure and density of the iron-sulfide phase in Mars's core.

Scientists have confirmed that the Moon has a solid inner core with a density similar to iron. The core's structure mirrors that of Earth's, with a fluid outer layer and solid inner core ...