Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
‘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 ...
USA Today7d
What lies at the center of the Earth? The answer keeps changing.
Earth's mysterious core is yet again generating headlines as scientists learn more about what lies way beneath our feet. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored ...
Forbes8d
Earth’s Core Is Changing Shape
Earth cross section showing the classic distinction between crust, mantle and core. But new research ... [+] shows Earth's structure is far more complicated and may change over time. Analyzing an ...
Popular Science10d
Earth’s inner core is less solid than we thought
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 ...
earth4d
NASA collects 26th rock sample on Mars, plans to bring them all to Earth for study
NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...
The New York Times10d
Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
By Kenneth Chang The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide, may not be perfectly solid. A new study finds evidence that the inner core’s outer ...
The Washington Post10d
Scientists discover yet another change to Earth’s inner core: Its shape
For decades, scientists have tried to understand how Earth’s inner core operates compared with the rest of the planet. Now, a team of researchers has found compelling evidence that it’s ...
CNN10d
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists who just ...
AOL10d
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Scientists who just months ago confirmed that Earth’s inner core recently reversed its spin have a new revelation about our planet’s deepest secrets — they identified changes to the inner ...