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Earth’s inner core is less solid than we thought

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Earth's internal layers including the mantle, outer core, and inner core. Scientists believe that the inner core’s rotation ...
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Earth's Core Seems to Be Wrapped in Layers Like an Onion, Study Finds

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now, a new study seeking to explain anomalous data suggests Earth's core may be layered like an onion. Scientists in Germany ...
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Earth’s core may be layered like an onion, new study suggests

Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of any drill, new research suggests that Earth’s center is far more intricate than a simple metal ball. Instead of a single solid sphere, the inner core ...
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Scientists discover Earth's inner core isn't just slowing down — it's also changing shape

The surface of Earth's inner core may be shape-shifting, new research suggests. The study, published Feb. 10 in the journal Nature, looked at earthquake waves that have skimmed the edge of the inner ...

Earth’s inner core is changing speed: Here’s what that means for day length

Earth's solid inner core has begun to slow its rotation relative to the surface, a shift detected through seismic data. This ...
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Scientists discover onion-like layering in Earth’s inner core

Earth’s inner core has long challenged researchers because seismic waves do not move through it uniformly. Compressional waves generated by earthquakes travel roughly 3 to 4 percent faster along Earth ...
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Bouncing Seismic Waves Reveal A Distinct Layer In Earth’s Inner Core

An earthquake in Alaska causing seismic waves to penetrate the Earth's innermost inner core. Credit: Drew Whitehouse, Son Phạm and Hrvoje Tkalčic. Data captured from seismic waves caused by ...
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Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing

Scientists who just months ago confirmed that Earth's inner core recently reversed its spin have a new revelation about our planet's deepest secrets — they identified changes to the inner core's shape ...
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Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean

(CNN) — Deep inside Earth is a solid metal ball that rotates independently of our spinning planet, like a top whirling around inside a bigger top, shrouded in mystery. This inner core has intrigued ...
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Earth’s Inner Core Has Warped Over the Past Two Decades, Scientists Say

At the center of our planet is a very hot rotating ball of mostly iron and nickel (sorry Journey to the Center of the Earth fans). Scientists infer features of this innermost geographic layer—like the ...
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Earth’s Core Is Slowing Down—And It May Change Day’s Length

The inner core of our planet has started spinning slower and slower, new research has revealed Compared to the speed of the Earth's surface, the inner core was previously thought to rotate faster.
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‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing

(CNN) — Scientists who just months ago confirmed that Earth’s inner core recently reversed its spin have a new revelation about our planet’s deepest secrets — they identified changes to the inner core ...