Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

This layer, known as the D" layer, is about 1,900 miles underneath the Earth's surface, resting between the liquid outer core and the solid ... layer's origins may have been solved.

There have been proposed hypotheses as to how the Moon could have developed a core dynamo. For instance, a 2022 analysis ...

“There are still mysteries about the Earth’s outer core that are yet to be solved, which requires multidisciplinary ... I mean, everyone loves a mystery. But I think scientists love them ...

One mystery we haven't solved yet is how the core has "frozen" solid from a molten liquid state in its past. "The Earth’s inner core was once liquid, but has turned solid over time. As the Earth ...

Peering down through the layers that make up Earth – the crust, the upper mantle, the lower mantle, and the core – is no easy task. After all, it's not as if there's a cross-section of the planet ...

We don’t even know how old it is. Luckily, mineral physics is bringing us closer to solving the mystery. The inner core is responsible for Earth’s magnetic field, which acts like a shield ...

As well as answering the mystery of how our planet got here, the theory would explain the Earth’s perculiar chemical ... separation between their metallic core and rocky mantle; moreover ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich collected and analysed the data transmitted to Earth to determine the ... the size and composition of Mars’ core, resolving a mystery that researchers have until ...

NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford STScI Additionally, the lower methane levels and higher temperatures indicate that WASP-107 b has an exceptionally large core—12 times the mass of Earth's core ...