Earth’s inner core has long challenged researchers because seismic waves do not move through it uniformly. Compressional ...

Seismic waves passing through Earth's inner core have revealed much about our planet's iron center: how it's changing shape, ...

Earth's inner core may be layered like an onion, with silicon and carbon creating distinct zones that explain seismic wave ...

By firing tiny projectiles of iron-carbon alloy from a high-speed cannon, scientists have finally demonstrated that a weird ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core may not be fully solid. A rare “superionic” state of matter could explain ...

Earth's core might be layered like an onion, according to a new study that looked at the anomalous nature of waved in the ...

Deep beneath our feet, far below the crust and mantle, Earth’s metallic heart is not as sealed off as geologists once assumed ...

Superionic water—the hot, black and strangely conductive form of ice that exists in the center of distant planets—was ...

These include critical raw materials – resources such as lithium and rare earth elements (REEs) that are essential for green ...

Prudhoe Ice Dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause similar temperatures by 2100, ...

As the White House looks to take control of Greenland, US President Donald Trump is eyeing not just a strategic foothold in ...

China's rare earth weapon has emerged as one of the most sophisticated instruments of modern economic statecraft as it exploits Western dependencies on materials essential for ...