The Unprecedented Speed of Past Reversals A study by geophysicists from UC Berkeley and their Italian and French colleagues ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...

Scientists have raised concerns that the Earth's inner core may completely halt its rotation by 2040, according to a recent ...

One of the many unseen forces to which you owe your existence is magnetism. If it weren’t for the magnetic field that surrounds our planet, blocking cosmic radiation and solar wind, Earth would likely ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

What is happening in Earth's inner core? Discover the implications of its deformation for seismic activity and navigation.

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A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

But it also opens new questions about how changes in the core could affect the length of our 24-hour day, Earth’s magnetic ...

New research suggests that Earth's inner core, long believed to be stable, may be undergoing structural changes, including a ...

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

Scientists at the University of Southern California have discovered the Earth's core is changing shape after analysing ...