Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth's inner core — a solid ball of iron and nickel that ...

As the Earth gradually cools, the inner core expands outwards at the surrounding iron-rich liquid "freezes." That said, it is still extremely hot, at least 5,000 Kelvin (K) (4,726.85°C) .

From these indirect observations, scientists have calculated that the scorchingly hot inner core, with temperatures ...

A new study suggests Earth's inner core may be backtracking, following a 70-year cycle of speeding up and slowing down, ...

Alfred Wilson-Spencer receives funding from NERC grants NE/T000228/1 and NE/V010867/1. Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth’s inner core — a solid ball of ...

Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching the Earth’s core. No one could survive that ...

A team of scientists led by Joanne Stephenson from the Australian National University, has made a groundbreaking discovery ...

Earth’s inner core has been slowing down for 14 years. It comes just weeks after another team of researchers suggested that the slight increase in the length of a day may be because Earth’s ...

Deep within Earth 's fiery belly, beneath layers of molten rock, a peculiar jig is underway. Our planet's inner core, a solid iron ball bigger than Pluto, isn't just spinning – it's doing a ...

Mattesini, Maurizio Belonoshko, Anatoly B. and Tkalčić, Hrvoje 2018. Polymorphic Nature of Iron and Degree of Lattice Preferred Orientation Beneath the Earth's ...

The Earth's inner core was once liquid, but has turned solid over time. As the Earth gradually cools, the inner core expands outwards at the surrounding iron-rich liquid "freezes." That said, it ...

Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth’s inner core — a solid ball of iron and nickel that plays a crucial role in shaping the conditions we experience on the surface ...