Earth's inner core is likely a weird composition of superheated elements making it both liquid and solid at the same time, a study has suggested. The extreme temperatures and pressures found at the ...

Nobody quite knows what’s lurking at the very core of the Earth. Is it solid, liquid, or a new form of matter entirely? With the help of his colleagues, Chinese Academy of Sciences physicist Yu He ...

Earth’s core is not solid nor liquid as we have long believed but something “quite abnormal,” scientists have claimed. In fact, they believe it’s a weird mix of elements that make it a bit of both. Or ...

A quirky material that behaves like a mishmash of liquid and solid could be hidden deep in the Earth. Computer simulations described in two studies suggest that the material in Earth’s inner core, ...

Earth’s core isn’t just a boring, featureless ball of metal, it turns out. A recent study used seismic waves from earthquakes to make a 3D model of the center of our planet, and the researchers ...