New research suggests that the Earth's solid inner core is softer and more dynamic than previously thought, changing ideas.

The Earth's internal layers including the mantle, outer core, and inner core. Scientists believe that the inner core’s rotation began to slow down in 2010, but what that really means has been up for ...

Not only is Earth's inner core spinning and growing, but it's also changing shape, according to new research. Our planet's inner core is a hot, solid ball of iron that is roughly 1,500 miles wide.

Earth's inner core exhibited certain seismic anomalies, which are visible in notable deviations in the behavior of earthquake waves. A team of researchers led by the University of Münster might have ...

Earth’s inner core is changing shape, scientists have found. The discovery resolves a long-simmering controversy about what’s happening at the heart of the planet — which was long thought to be solid ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core may not be fully solid. (Image: Canva) Earth's inner core may be superionic, behaving as both solid and liquid. Discovery explains slow earthquake ...