How hot is it? What's it made of? New discoveries are even calling into question whether the core is solid. A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously ...

Scientists have made a surprising discovery about the Earth's core that is almost like something out of science fiction. A ...

Previous seismic studies revealed that the inner core is solid metal and rotates within a super-hot molten outer core, also mostly made of metal, including iron and nickel. Researchers have ...

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of Earth’s enigmatic inner core, revealing for the ... one data set “curiously stood out from the rest.” ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Researchers at the University of Southern California say they’ve unraveled the mystery of why Earth’s inner core ... s moon-sized core was made of solid iron and nickel ...

one dataset of seismic waves curiously stood out from the rest,” Vidale said in a press statement. “Later on, I’d realize I was staring at evidence the inner core is not solid.” ...

Well, the verdict is in. The Moon is not made of green cheese after all.

LOS ANGELES — University of Southern California scientists have made a groundbreaking ... when one data set “curiously stood out from the rest.” “Later on, I’d realize I was staring at evidence the ...

explained that the team “didn’t set out to define the physical nature of the inner core.” He said: “What we ended up discovering is evidence that the near surface of Earth’s inner core ...

As the new study pointed out, scientists are continuing to learn about the interactions between the inner and outer core, and what the inner core is made of. Studies in recent years have continued ...

Then there is the outer core, made of liquid metal, and the inner core, a solid ball of metal ... one dataset of seismic waves curiously stood out from the rest," Vidale said.

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking ... data set “curiously stood out from the rest.” “Later on, I’d realize I was staring at evidence the inner core is not solid,” he added.