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Scientists have discovered a new core at the center of the Earth
Back in my day, there were only four layers of Earth: the crust, mantle, liquid outer core and ... mile-thick solid metallic ball at the center of Earth’s inner core — like the smallest ...
Business Insider2y
The mysterious iron ball at the center of the Earth may have stopped spinning and reversed direction
Deep below the crust, then the hot rock mantle, then the liquified outer core, lies one of our planet's biggest mysteries: the solid iron core at the center. That iron ball — Earth's inner core ...
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‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Earth’s innermost layer is a hot, solid ball of metal surrounded by a liquid metal outer ... inner core is the most remote and mysterious. This solid sphere of iron and nickel is about 70% the ...
Daily Mail3y
Earth's 'solid' inner core may not be so solid after all! Ball-shaped mass 3,200 miles beneath the surface contains both mushy and hard iron, study claims
Now that's been brought into question by a new study that claims the ball ... inner core is 745 miles in radius, or about three-quarters the size of the moon and is surrounded by a fluid outer ...
CBS News2y
Earth's inner core may have started spinning in the other direction, study says
Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning ... independently because it floats in the liquid metal outer core. Exactly how the inner core rotates has been a ...
Voice of America2y
Earth's Inner Core May Have Started Spinning Other Way, Study Says
Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning ... independently because it floats in the liquid metal outer core. Exactly how the inner core rotates has been a ...