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 ...

Scientists have raised concerns that the Earth's inner core may completely halt its rotation by 2040, according to a recent ...

Scientists have found new evidence that the Earth’s inner core may be changing over time. A recent study by researchers at ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

What is happening in Earth's inner core? Discover the implications of its deformation for seismic activity and navigation.

Not only is Earth’s inner core spinning and growing, but it’s also changing shape, according to new research. Our planet’s [… ...

Previous research has found that the rotation of the inner core is slowing down relative to the rotation of the external ...

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...

Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating ...

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

The study analyzed decades of seismic data, including recordings of repeating earthquakes near Antarctica between 1991 and ...

The findings shed light on a deeply mysterious part of Earth that is key to life on our planet.