Earth's inner core is filled with a rare material known as 'extreme hydrogen', a study has claimed. This bizarre substance, ...

While Earth's core consists mostly of iron, its density implies that lighter elements are also mixed in. Because hydrogen is ...

Earth’s magnetic field is thought to be generated largely by an ocean of superheated, swirling liquid iron that makes up Earth’s outer core 3000 km under our feet. Acting like the spinning conductor ...

What is the speed and timing of the Earth’s inner core cooling? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the composition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth's magnetic field is generated in the outer core, 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) below sea level. (ESA/AOES Medialab) ...

Deep beneath the Pacific near the equator, Earth’s outer core now flows east instead of west. Dynamics deeper within our planet’s core may help explain the change and what to expect in the near future ...

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(Rost-9D/iStock/Getty Images Plus) The Earth is akin to a rocky, molten-in-the-middle nesting doll – or perhaps a rotting, ...