Earth’s inner core is not solid, it is 'shape-shifting' - time for textbooks to be rewritten
New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions about its solidity.
Earth’s Core Is Changing Shape
A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing hidden dynamics deep within Earth.
Earth’s mysterious inner core really is changing shape
Earth’s inner core is changing shape, scientists have found.
"Almost Science Fiction": Scientists Say Earth's Mysterious Inner Core Is Changing Shape
This transformation is believed to be occurring at the boundary where the solid inner core meets the scorching hot liquid metal outer core.
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward, Earth’s inner core in changing shape.
Earth’s Inner Core Is Changing Shape, Study Finds, Indicating Even More Dynamic Shifts Deep Within Our Planet
Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also deforming around the edges
Researchers Uncover Mysterious Structural Changes in Earth’s Inner Core
A new study reveals that the Earth's inner core is undergoing a structural transformation. A new study by USC scientists, published in Nature Geoscience, reveals structural changes near the Earth's inner core,
Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing, it’s also shape-shifting, study finds
The planet’s inner core was previously thought of as a hard, solid sphere. But a new study has found that its edges are softer than realized and actually changing shape.
Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...
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'Marsquakes' may solve 50-year-old mystery about the Red Planet
Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...
Lab experiments add to evidence that Earth's mantle is more complex than thought
A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...
When Did Ocean Acidity Allow Life To Start?
A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...
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Why the 'roof of the world' keeps rising over time
The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...
'The continents are collapsing’: Scientists just found a hidden process reshaping Earth
Scientists discovered a hidden process where Earth's crust peels away and sinks, reshaping continents over millions of years, revealing Earth's slow evolution.