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

Then there is the outer core, made of liquid metal, and the inner core, a solid ball of metal. At least, that is what scientists thought. New research published in the journal Nature Geoscience ...

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 ...

But a new study has found that its edges are softer than realized and actually changing shape as they press against the liquid iron and nickel in Earth’s outer core. “The molten outer core is ...

In the Earth (see image below right), the liquid metal that makes up the outer core passes through a magnetic field, which causes an electric current to flow within the liquid metal. The electric ...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an ...

Scientists confirm the Moon has a solid iron core, like Earth’s, with a molten outer layer. This discovery reshapes our ...

"The transition from the innermost (solid) ball to the outer shell of the inner core (also solid shell) seems rather gradational than sharp," explains study coauthor Dr. Thanh-Son Phạm.

Tectonic plates float on the semi-solid mantle, which moves very slowly as a result of convection currents driven by heat energy from the hot core. The outer core is liquid iron and nickel and ...

Its temperatures can reach 5500°C. Outer core The outer core is the layer surrounding the inner core. It is made of liquid iron. Mantle The mantle is the layer of the Earth which makes up 84% of ...