Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 20:40
New insights gleaned from volcanic rock have helped scientists unlock the mystery of how our planet evolved 4.5 billion years ago.
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 15:38
Scientists claim to have solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the centre of the Earth spins.
Last Updated: Monday, July 15, 2013, 14:36
Periodic jumps generated in the Earth`s core change the length of a day every 5.9 years on our planet, a new study has found.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 19:15
A new study suggests that the differences between the east and west hemispheres of the Earth`s core are explained by the way iron atoms pack together.
Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 13:58
A recent study has determined the temperature near the Earth`s center to be 6000 degrees Celsius, 1000 degrees hotter than estimated in a previous experiment conducted 20 years ago.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 19, 2012, 19:04
Most volcanoes are situated where continental plates are pushed or pulled against each other.
Last Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012, 12:11
New research on the columns of hot rock from the Earth`s core has concluded that our planet has a different chemical make-up from the Sun.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 14:09
Scientists are observing distant earthquakes by `listening` to them to reveal new clues about the top of the earth`s core.
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