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Scientists discover giant blobs deep inside Earth are 'evolving by themselves' — and we may finally know where they come from
Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.
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How lightning strikes on Earth can set off an electron pinball game in space
Uncover the surprising connection between Earth storms and space radiation through the effects of lightning on high-energy ...
The Earth’s Core Is Not as Solid As We Thought, Yet Another Study Speculates
A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...
Secrets of Earth's Buried Supercontinents Revealed
Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...
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Scientists accidentally discover Earth's inner core is less solid than expected
For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...
The shape of Earth's core is changing
Scientists have uncovered new information about the Earth's core: it may not be completely solid. Instead, its center may be ...
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What lies at the center of the Earth? The answer keeps changing.
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 ...
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‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
the invisible lines of magnetic energy that protect our planet from solar weather and deadly radiation, the researchers reported. “Earth evolves on a geological timescale, so observing changes ...
Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing; it’s also shape-shifting, study finds
Previous research has found that the rotation of the inner core is slowing down relative to the rotation of the external ...