Earth, inner core

Earth’s inner core maybe changing shape; scientists say it may have deformed by 'over 100 meters'
New research suggests that Earth's inner core, long believed to be stable, may be undergoing structural changes, including a possible shift in shape, shedding light on the mysteries beneath the planet
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward, Earth’s inner core in changing shape.
Scientists discover yet another change to Earth’s inner core: Its shape
Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating more material in some areas and less in others — almost like creating hills and valleys.
Earth's inner core is mysteriously changing its shape and affecting life in a strange way, say scientists
Scientists suggest Earth's inner core may have changed shape over the past 20 years, potentially affecting the planet's magnetic field, based on seismic wave analysis.
Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide, may not be perfectly solid. A new study finds evidence that the inner core’s outer boundary has noticeably changed shape over the past few decades.
Earth's acid test: When did ocean acidity allow life to commence?
Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...
Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria
Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...
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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
How Earth's early cycles shaped the chemistry of life
A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...
How to go fishing for life on another planet (or moon)
To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...
The Hidden World Beneath Earth’s Surface: New Research Reveals Astonishing Microbial Diversity Miles Underground
Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...
Mirror life is a scientific fantasy leading to a dangerous reality. How mirror bacteria could conquer life on Earth
Most major biological molecules, including all proteins, DNA and RNA, point in one direction or another. In other words, they ...
How life's building blocks took shape on early Earth: The limits of membraneless polyester protocell formation
One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...