The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

Deep inside Earth, researchers see signs that the solid inner core may be arranged in multiple chemical layers far below.

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The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...

A groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications offers new insights into Earth’s inner core, potentially solving ...

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 ...

Cartoon of the Earth with cutaway showing the mantle and inner and outer core. Magnetic field lines produced by the geodynamo extend into space and interact with the solar wind. The iron-rich core at ...

Chinese researchers have discovered that interstitial carbon in iron-carbon alloys behaves in a superionic, liquid-like state ...

Scientists have identified two massive thermochemical formations at Earth's core-mantle boundary that refine understanding of ...

Gold and other precious metals are leaking from Earth’s core into the layers above, eventually making their way up to the surface during the formation of volcanic islands like Hawaii, a new study ...