See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Earth's inner core is likely a weird composition of superheated ...

A quirky material that behaves like a mishmash of liquid and solid could be hidden deep in the Earth. Computer simulations described in two studies suggest that the material in Earth’s inner core, ...

Earth’s inner core may be made of fluid light elements swirling around amid a solid lattice of iron, according to a computer simulation study. A team of physicists recently modeled how alloys of iron ...

A study of the Earth’s core published last week in the journal Nature is challenging what scientists have thought about the structure of the planet. The new study showed that Earth’s inner core is in ...

Earth's core, the deepest part of our planet, is characterized by extremely high pressure and temperature. It is composed of a liquid outer core and solid inner core. The inner core is formed and ...

Earth's inner core may be filled with a weird substance that is neither solid nor liquid, according to a new study. How hot is Earth's core? Ancient process that created rare earth elements discovered ...

A study on the Earth's core titled "Superionic iron alloys and their seismic velocities in Earth's inner core" has been published in the journal Nature. Scientists have thought of Earth's core to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have discovered a new phase of water — adding to liquid, solid and gas — know as "superionic ice." The "strange black" ...

A research team led by Prof. WANG Wenzhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has revealed that these enigmatic regions may be formed by superionic iron hydride through ...