Modeling of the consequences of a giant body smashing into Jupiter has undermined one of the main theories used to explain the strange nature of its solid core. Not everyone is satisfied with the ...

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With only geophysical data to help us probe the centre of the Earth, the properties and dynamo-generating dynamics of Earth's metal-rich core remain poorly understood. In this web focus, we present a ...

Georgetown University requires all undergraduate students to complete a course designated “Science For All” (SFA), grounded in the belief that all Georgetown students should understand scientific ...

Scientists have found evidence that the Earth's inner core oscillates, contradicting previously accepted models that posited it consistently rotates at a faster rate than the planet's surface. USC ...

Scientists have long postulated that Earth’s core doesn’t just spin—it spins faster than the surface does. But in new research published last week in Science Advances, a pair of experts from the ...

Mars science discoveries can be so superficial — the search for water caches, terrestrial sampling, and other technical marvels tend to take place on the surface of the Red Planet (or a little above ...