What lies at the center of the Earth? The answer keeps changing.
A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...
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The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...
Where should we look for new metals critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way
About 400 kilometers northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large and interesting body of rock formed around 215 ...
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This monstrous cosmic structure may warp our universe
Experts emphasize that the cosmic microwave background is shaped by everything it encounters on its journey, including ...
Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...
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Subterranean ‘islands’: strongholds in a potentially less turbulent world
seismologist and professor of Structure and composition of Earth’s deep interior at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. “These two large islands are surrounded by a graveyard of tectonic ...
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Snaps a Breathtaking Earth Selfie on Its Way to the Moon
Blue Ghost has left Earth’s orbit, carrying NASA’s science to the Moon. Instruments are performing well, including a ...
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Seismic study reveals ancient 'islands' deep within Earth's mantle
seismologist and professor of Structure and composition of Earth's deep interior at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. "These two large islands are surrounded by a graveyard of tectonic plates ...
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What's inside Earth quiz: Test your knowledge of our planet's hidden layers
Our planet's interior is much too deep and hot to ... But how good is your knowledge of Earth's inner structure? Find out by taking this quiz. If you need a hint, hit the yellow button.
Earth's inner core has shifted shape over two decades, scientists discover
Earth's inner core has changed shape over the past 20 years. A team of scientists studied the core's behavior to understand why its rotation slowed down ...