Scientists are working to solve a mystery of Earth’s molten outer core, which lies more than 2,000 kilometers beneath our ...

With only geophysical data to help us probe the centre of the Earth, the properties and dynamo-generating dynamics of Earth's metal-rich core remain poorly understood. In this web focus, we present a ...

They're baaaaack. Just when you thought humanity's future was already dimmed with tough problems like climate change, terrorism, and reality TV, bad guys from a distant planet show up to ruin everyone ...

Mercury’s core may be wearing a metal jacket. New experiments suggest the planet’s innards stay warm thanks to an insulating layer of iron sulfide, which could help to explain how the small world has ...

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There's a mystery brewing at the center of the Earth. Scientists can only see it when they study the seismic waves (subterranean tremors generated by earthquakes) passing through the planet's solid ...

Earth's inner core may be filled with a weird substance that is neither solid nor liquid, according to a new study. "We find that hydrogen, oxygen and carbon in hexagonal close-packed iron transform ...

A consortium of consultants and science educators has released its final draft of what it plans will become national education standards for K-12 science. They are titled Next Generation Science ...