Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.

The rotation of Earth’s inner core may have paused and it could even go into reverse, new research suggests.. The Earth is formed of the crust, the mantle and the inner and outer cores. The ...

A gold reservoir is hidden in Earth's core and it's leaking into the mantle, says new study A new study claims that Earth is receiving some very valuable gifts from deep under the surface. Analysis of ...

Earth's core is an estimated 5,000 degrees Celsius. iStock. Subduction, the term used for rocks from Earth's surface descending into the mantle, takes oxygen-rich material from the surface into ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

The Earth’s inner core is separated from the rest of the solid Earth by its liquid outer core, so it rotates at a different pace and direction than the planet itself.

In the mid-1990s scientists found evidence that Earth’s inner core, a superheated ball of iron slightly smaller than the moon, was spinning at its own pace, just a bit faster than the rest of ...

Literature and lore involving Earth’s core have filled the knowledge void with all sorts of fanciful ideas. “I’m not such a philosopher but we’ve all had nightmares of what’s going on ...