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Time Moves Faster Up A Mountain – And That’s Why Earth’s Core Is 2.5 Years Younger Than Its SurfaceThree clock faces made of light are next to each other. The first is upright, the second is flat and oscillating, and the third one is made of one upright and one flat down oscillating.

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Time Moves Faster Up A Mountain – And That’s Why Earth’s Core Is 2.5 Years Younger Than Its SurfaceThree clock faces made of light are next to each other. The first is upright, the second is flat and oscillating, and the third one is made of one upright and one flat down oscillating.
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Time Moves Faster Up A Mountain – And That’s Why Earth’s Core Is 2.5 Years Younger Than Its Surface

clock-iconDecember 15, 2025
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Theoretical Dark Matter Infernos Could Melt The Earth’s Core, Turning It LiquidThe generally accepted model of the Earth may miss a small liquid core or "dark inferno" caused by dark matter.

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Theoretical Dark Matter Infernos Could Melt The Earth’s Core, Turning It LiquidThe generally accepted model of the Earth may miss a small liquid core or "dark inferno" caused by dark matter.
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Theoretical Dark Matter Infernos Could Melt The Earth’s Core, Turning It Liquid

clock-iconOctober 10, 2025
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This Is The Reason Why Earth's Core Exists, And It's More Interesting Than You Might ThinkA digital image showing the Earth. Half of the Earth is as it would be if seen from space, while the left half shows the layers of its interior.

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This Is The Reason Why Earth's Core Exists, And It's More Interesting Than You Might ThinkA digital image showing the Earth. Half of the Earth is as it would be if seen from space, while the left half shows the layers of its interior.
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This Is The Reason Why Earth's Core Exists, And It's More Interesting Than You Might Think

clock-iconSeptember 5, 2025
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Earth's Inner Core Appears To Have Changed Shape In The Last Two DecadesThe Earth opened up.

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Earth's Inner Core Appears To Have Changed Shape In The Last Two DecadesThe Earth opened up.
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Earth's Inner Core Appears To Have Changed Shape In The Last Two Decades

clock-iconFebruary 10, 2025
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Giant "Island" Structures Around The Earth's Core Are Older – And Stranger – Than We ThoughtEarth opened up to see the layers inside.

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Giant "Island" Structures Around The Earth's Core Are Older – And Stranger – Than We ThoughtEarth opened up to see the layers inside.
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Giant "Island" Structures Around The Earth's Core Are Older – And Stranger – Than We Thought

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What Caused The Earth's Inner Core To Freeze?Illustration of the layers of the Earth.

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What Caused The Earth's Inner Core To Freeze?Illustration of the layers of the Earth.
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What Caused The Earth's Inner Core To Freeze?

clock-iconNovember 21, 2024
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Unexpected Metal Flow Challenges Theories Of How Earth's Magnetic Field Formsa schematic view of the interiou of the earth. The inner core is surrounded by a dashed cylinder indicating the motion above and below the region.

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Unexpected Metal Flow Challenges Theories Of How Earth's Magnetic Field Formsa schematic view of the interiou of the earth. The inner core is surrounded by a dashed cylinder indicating the motion above and below the region.
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Unexpected Metal Flow Challenges Theories Of How Earth's Magnetic Field Forms

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How Magnetic Fields Control Flow Within Earth’s CoreThe Little Earth Experiment models the behavior of the Earth's inner and outer cores in response to powerful magnetic fields.

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How Magnetic Fields Control Flow Within Earth’s CoreThe Little Earth Experiment models the behavior of the Earth's inner and outer cores in response to powerful magnetic fields.
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How Magnetic Fields Control Flow Within Earth’s Core

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There Might Be A Giant Donut At The Edge Of The Earth’s CoreA render of the planet with a quarter missing showing the inner layers. stretching from the center to the other core is a brounw band like belt around the core.

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There Might Be A Giant Donut At The Edge Of The Earth’s CoreA render of the planet with a quarter missing showing the inner layers. stretching from the center to the other core is a brounw band like belt around the core.
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There Might Be A Giant Donut At The Edge Of The Earth’s Core

clock-iconSeptember 2, 2024
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The Earth’s Inner Core Has Been Spinning Slower For Over A DecadeThe slowing of Earth's inner core

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The Earth’s Inner Core Has Been Spinning Slower For Over A DecadeThe slowing of Earth's inner core
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The Earth’s Inner Core Has Been Spinning Slower For Over A Decade

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Earth's Center Is 2 Years Younger Than Its Surface Because Of Time DilationThe Earth, split open to show off its layers.

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Earth's Center Is 2 Years Younger Than Its Surface Because Of Time DilationThe Earth, split open to show off its layers.
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Earth's Center Is 2 Years Younger Than Its Surface Because Of Time Dilation

clock-iconNovember 25, 2023
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Gas Formed In The Big Bang Could Be Leaking From Earth's CoreIllustration of the Earth cut open to reveal its core.

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Gas Formed In The Big Bang Could Be Leaking From Earth's CoreIllustration of the Earth cut open to reveal its core.
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Gas Formed In The Big Bang Could Be Leaking From Earth's Core

clock-iconOctober 19, 2023
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Why Not All Of Earth’s Gold and Platinum Are Trapped In The CoreSimulation of a giant asteroid smashing into the Earth

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Why Not All Of Earth’s Gold and Platinum Are Trapped In The CoreSimulation of a giant asteroid smashing into the Earth
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Why Not All Of Earth’s Gold and Platinum Are Trapped In The Core

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Even Under Incredible Pressures, Iron Atoms At Earth’s Core Can Shift PlacesA 3D render tha shows the Earth being sliced in half with the inner core glowing in the middle as a sphere

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Even Under Incredible Pressures, Iron Atoms At Earth’s Core Can Shift PlacesA 3D render tha shows the Earth being sliced in half with the inner core glowing in the middle as a sphere
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Even Under Incredible Pressures, Iron Atoms At Earth’s Core Can Shift Places

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99 Percent Of Earth’s Gold Is In Its CoreGold nuggets on a black sandy surface

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99 Percent Of Earth’s Gold Is In Its CoreGold nuggets on a black sandy surface
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99 Percent Of Earth’s Gold Is In Its Core

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