The Earth's inner core, long considered a solid and stable sphere, may be quite different. A recent study suggests that its ...

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

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

Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over ...

Until now, it was widely believed that the inner core was a dense ball of iron floating at the centre of the molten outer ...