Scientists Baffled to Find Signs of Another Core Within Earth’s Inner Core, Say ‘We Have to Rewrite the Textbooks’ For ...

The Earth's inner core was once liquid, but has turned solid over time. As the Earth gradually cools, the inner core expands outwards at the surrounding iron-rich liquid "freezes." That said, it ...

Scientists have known for a while that Mars currently lacks a magnetic field, and many blame that for its paltry atmosphere – ...

Geothermal development, which seeks to tap the heat deep below the Earth’s surface, is hot right now. The clean, renewable ...

Earth is the only planet in the known universe that has the right combination of water, atmosphere, temperature, and chemical ...

Scientists have long puzzled over why Mars, once protected by a global magnetic field like Earth, now shows only a magnetic ...

The Earth's internal layers including the mantle, outer core and inner core. New research shows the inner core undergoes structural transformation likely caused by outer core disturbance.

Mars' magnetic mystery may finally have a solution—scientists now think the Red Planet’s ancient magnetic field only existed ...

It would also make Mars' magnetic field different from Earth's, which covers the entire globe. Yan said that the one-sided magnetic field could arise if Mars' inner core was liquid. In the study, ...

Did Mars once have a full magnetic field in its ancient past like Earth does today, or was it lopsided and only covered ...