T he mysteries of Earth’s inner core have long been a topic of intrigue for scientists, with the planet’s central engine playing a key role in shaping our world. Recent research has unveiled ...

Earth's mysterious core is yet again generating headlines as scientists learn more about what lies way beneath our feet. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored ...

By Robin George Andrews Imagine Earth’s inner core — the dense center of our planet — as a heavy, metal ballerina. This iron-rich dancer is capable of pirouetting at ever-changing speeds.

One of the mysteries lies in the moon's core. The Earth's core comprises two distinct regions: the solid inner core and the molten outer core. The inner core, spanning about 760 miles in diameter ...

Electric currents created in the fluid metal outer core that produce Earth's magnetic field. Credit: Andrew Z. Colvin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Yet the magnetic field holds mysteries we ...

Scientists have uncovered new information about the Earth's core: it may not be completely solid. Instead, its center may be more malleable than expected and has changed shape in recent years.

However it happened, though, it’s certainly worked out well for Earth’s life forms. These are the most baffling unsolved mysteries about ... density of the core on their own.

Because the magnetism of our planet stems from how the molten metal in the Earth's core swishes around, knowing exactly how the inner core behaves is crucial to cracking the mysteries of our ...