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Earth's rotating inner core is starting to slow down — and it could alter the length of our days

The heart of our planet has been spinning unusually slowly for the past 14 years, new research confirms. And if this mysterious trend continues, it could potentially lengthen Earth's days — though the ...
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Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean

Deep inside Earth is a solid metal ball that rotates independently of our spinning planet, like a top whirling around inside a bigger top, shrouded in mystery. This inner core has intrigued ...
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What lies beneath Earth if space stretches in every direction?

Stand on solid ground and it feels obvious that “down” points toward the center of the planet and “up” leads to the sky. Yet ...
Los Angeles Times

The spinning of Earth’s inner core is slowing down. Is this how it all ends?

Geophysicist John Vidale noticed something striking while tracking the way seismic waves move from Earth’s crust through its core. The very center of the planet, a solid ball of iron and nickel ...
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Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing down, and scientists don't know why

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Deep Earth : physics and chemistry of the lower mantle and core / Hidenori Terasaki, Rebecca A. Fischer, editors

Front Matter -- Thermal Structure of Deep Earth. Melting of Fe Alloys and the Thermal Structure of the Core / Rebecca A Fischer -- Temperature of the Lower Mantle and Core Based on Ab Initio Mineral ...
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Earth’s core slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm

The mysterious region where the liquid outer core envelops the solid inner core is especially interesting, Vidale added. As a place where liquid and solid meet, this boundary is "filled with potential ...