The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...

Earth’s inner core has long challenged researchers because seismic waves do not move through it uniformly. Compressional waves generated by earthquakes travel roughly 3 to 4 percent faster along Earth ...

Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of any drill, new research suggests that Earth’s center is far more intricate than a simple metal ball. Instead of a single solid sphere, the inner core ...

An overview of the experimental setup at DESY in Hamburg reveals the vacuum chamber housing the high-temperature diamond anvil cell: The cell's orange colour comes from the light it emits at high ...

A surprising discovery beneath the Pacific Ocean reveals that Earth's molten outer core has reversed its flow direction, ...

X-ray radiographic images before and during deformation experiments of hcp-iron at 16.5-17.5 GPa and 823-873 K. The sample strain during deformation was determined from these radiographs. Credit: Yu ...

Japanese scientists say that silicon is likely the mystery element in the Earth’s inner core, claiming progress on solving one of the planet’s deepest secrets. Consensus has long been that the centre ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the ...