Think Earth is just a static rock? Dive deep, and you'll find a dynamic world where metals leak, water seeps, and its insides churn. Inside the belly of planet Earth, a giant solid ball of metal ...

Imagine if the Earth beneath our feet was not the solid, unchanging rock we thought it was. A recent groundbreaking study has revealed something truly surprising: Earth’s core may be leaking ...

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size ...

Earth’s core is pretty dynamic. Its spin speeds up and slows down based on how its two primary layers are behaving. As we improve the waveform techniques used to study the deepest layer ...

Well, ruthenium does exist on the Earth’s surface – but, like gold, it’s far more abundant within the core. 100 Ru specifically is even more traceable: “the Ru isotope composition of ...

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.

Earth’s core holds key information about Earth’s formation and evolution, and it contributes to massive planetary process such as plate tectonics and geomagnetism. However, understanding this ...

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.