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Earth’s Outer Core Deep Beneath The Pacific Ocean Has Reversed Direction, And On Timescales Scientists Were Not ExpectingIllustration of Earth's magnetic field.

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Earth’s Outer Core Deep Beneath The Pacific Ocean Has Reversed Direction, And On Timescales Scientists Were Not ExpectingIllustration of Earth's magnetic field.
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Earth’s Outer Core Deep Beneath The Pacific Ocean Has Reversed Direction, And On Timescales Scientists Were Not Expecting

clock-iconMay 26, 2026

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Two Giant Super-Hot Structures Beneath Earth's Surface May Be Guiding Our Planet's Magnetic FieldImage of Full Disk Earth, from Apollo 17, 1972

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Two Giant Super-Hot Structures Beneath Earth's Surface May Be Guiding Our Planet's Magnetic FieldImage of Full Disk Earth, from Apollo 17, 1972
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Two Giant Super-Hot Structures Beneath Earth's Surface May Be Guiding Our Planet's Magnetic Field

clock-iconFebruary 5, 2026
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NASA Marsquake Data May Show Mars Has A Solid Inner Core, Like EarthInSight on Mars.

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NASA Marsquake Data May Show Mars Has A Solid Inner Core, Like EarthInSight on Mars.
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NASA Marsquake Data May Show Mars Has A Solid Inner Core, Like Earth

clock-iconJanuary 15, 2025
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How Is Earth’s Core Still Hellishly Hot After Billions Of Years?The volcanic eruption at Geldingadalir, Fagradalsfjall, Iceland.

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How Is Earth’s Core Still Hellishly Hot After Billions Of Years?The volcanic eruption at Geldingadalir, Fagradalsfjall, Iceland.
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How Is Earth’s Core Still Hellishly Hot After Billions Of Years?

clock-iconDecember 5, 2024
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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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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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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

clock-iconJune 13, 2024
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Is It Possible To Drill A Hole Through The Earth And Come Out The Other Side?A big hole in a rock.

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Is It Possible To Drill A Hole Through The Earth And Come Out The Other Side?A big hole in a rock.
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Is It Possible To Drill A Hole Through The Earth And Come Out The Other Side?

clock-iconDecember 23, 2023
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An 8.5-Year-Long Wobble Means Earth's Core And Mantle Are Not AlignedArtist impression of our planet cut in half and with the different layers highlighted like a nesting doll

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An 8.5-Year-Long Wobble Means Earth's Core And Mantle Are Not AlignedArtist impression of our planet cut in half and with the different layers highlighted like a nesting doll
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An 8.5-Year-Long Wobble Means Earth's Core And Mantle Are Not Aligned

clock-iconDecember 19, 2023
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Earth's Deepest Enigma Burns Far Beneath Your FeetAn illustration of Earth in space showing its four primary layers: the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core

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Earth's Deepest Enigma Burns Far Beneath Your FeetAn illustration of Earth in space showing its four primary layers: the crust, the mantle, the outer core, and the inner core
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Earth's Deepest Enigma Burns Far Beneath Your Feet

clock-iconOctober 21, 2023
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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

clock-iconOctober 4, 2023
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Why Is Earth’s Inner Core Solid When It’s Hotter Than The Sun’s Surface?rendering of planet Earth in space with a cross section removed, showing the mantle and core

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Why Is Earth’s Inner Core Solid When It’s Hotter Than The Sun’s Surface?rendering of planet Earth in space with a cross section removed, showing the mantle and core
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Why Is Earth’s Inner Core Solid When It’s Hotter Than The Sun’s Surface?

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The Earth May Have A Core Within Its Core Within Its CoreSchematic of the Earth's layers and the seismic waves bouncing off the crust and being slowed by passage through different layers

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The Earth May Have A Core Within Its Core Within Its CoreSchematic of the Earth's layers and the seismic waves bouncing off the crust and being slowed by passage through different layers
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The Earth May Have A Core Within Its Core Within Its Core

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We Now Know What Earth's Inner Core Is Made Ofarticle image

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We Now Know What Earth's Inner Core Is Made Ofarticle image
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We Now Know What Earth's Inner Core Is Made Of

clock-iconJanuary 10, 2017

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Earth's Core May Not Just Be Made Of Ironarticle image

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Earth's Core May Not Just Be Made Of Ironarticle image
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Earth's Core May Not Just Be Made Of Iron

clock-iconFebruary 27, 2016