Scientists have raised concerns that the Earth's inner core may completely halt its rotation by 2040, according to a recent paper published in Nature. The study suggests changes are occurring deep ...

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 that sits some 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) below the surface.

One minor impact, he said – which is impossible for the average person to detect – is the influence of the rotation of the inner core on the length of Earth's day, but it's only by an order of ...

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over just a few decades ...

A 2024 study, for example, found that the rotation of Earth's core had slowed down. This new study "introduces a new perspective — non-rotational changes — adding another dimension to the ...

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 thought.

Earth appears to be a chill blue planet, but deep down, it’s really a metalhead. Its outer core is mostly molten iron (and ...

Recent seismic data from 121 earthquakes recorded over three decades challenges previous beliefs about Earth's inner ... observed while studying the core's slowing rotation, could of ...

This process drives churning in the outer core, which sustains Earth’s magnetic field. Changes in the inner core’s rotation can also affect the length of our day. “Ideally, we’d like to ...