Earth and Life Science

Earth, inner core

‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward, Earth’s inner core in changing shape.

Hosted on MSN · 22h

Scientists say the Earth's inner core maybe changing in shape; know what it means to life

Scientists have discovered that Earth's inner core, previously thought to be solid and unchanging, has experienced significant shape changes over the past 20 years. Through advanced seismic analysis,

Scientific American · 1d

Earth’s Mysterious Inner Core Is Changing Shape

Earth’s core is transforming, which could affect the length of our 24-hour day, Earth’s magnetic field, and more

LA Times on MSN · 1d

Earth's inner core isn't just slowing, it's also shape-shifting, study finds

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing.

Smithsonian Magazine · 11h

Earth’s Inner Core Is Changing Shape, Study Finds, Indicating Even More Dynamic Shifts Deep Within Our Planet

Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also deforming around the edges

Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...

PBS4d

How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

1don MSN

Earth's acid test: When did ocean acidity allow life to commence?

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

ScienceAlert10d

Earth's Underworld Is Full of Life, And It Goes Deeper Than We Ever Knew

The surface of our Earth is wriggling with life: it's the defining feature of our planet, which, far as we know, makes it ...

Earth’s Water Mystery Deepens With New Meteorite Evidence

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

USA Today9d

Astronauts on the ISS share their 'life-changing' view | The Excerpt

So we're doing... some of the research is focused absolutely on impacting life on Earth, but it also has applications as ...

earth6d

Earth's missing elements were lost in violent collisions during formation

New research reveals that Earth and Mars lost essential elements due to violent cosmic collisions, not early planetary ...

7don MSN

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Science Daily9d

Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...

Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.

Hide inaccessible results