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Scientists discover onion-like layering in Earth’s inner core

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wealth of new information about Earth’s inner core has surfaced in recent months. Scientists now have evidence that the planet’s ...
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Silicon and carbon could explain Earth’s onion-like inner core

Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of drills or submersibles, Earth hides a solid metal heart that behaves in ways geophysicists have struggled to explain. New experiments now suggest that a ...
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Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Researchers confirm discovery of Earth’s inner, innermost core

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Geologists at the University of Illinois have confirmed the discovery of Earth’s inner, innermost core, and have created a three-dimensional model that describes the seismic ...
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‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing

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