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The new research adds to the mysteries of the planet’s deepest interior region. 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 ...

Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until now the ...

How few corners can a shape have and still tile the plane?” mathematician Gábor Domokos asked me over pizza. His deceptively simple question was about the geometry of tilings, also called ...

The only way to see the curve of the Earth is to fly more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) above its surface. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Earth's core is rich with gold, and it's leaking out through the mantle and into the crust, new research has found. A new study of isotopes found in the volcanic rock that oozed out from deep under ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Earth Sciences Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes Geomorphology is the interdisciplinary ...

It's all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The answer is all ...

NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes across our planet’s land and icy regions. By Kenneth Chang A new radar satellite ...

Hold onto your sense of balance. Scientists have found fresh proof that Earth doesn't just drift through space — sometimes, it actually tips over. You already know that continents slowly move due to ...