Los Angeles Times

Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing; it’s also shape-shifting, study finds

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of Earth’s enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing. The ...
CNN

‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing

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Live Science

Scientists discover Earth's inner core isn't just slowing down — it's also changing shape

The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...
The New York Times

Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core

The new research adds to the mysteries of the planet’s deepest interior region. By Kenneth Chang The inner core at the center of the Earth, a ball of iron and nickel about 1,500 miles wide, may not be ...
New Scientist

Forces deep underground seem to be deforming Earth's inner core

Earth’s solid inner core appears to have changed shape in the past 20 years or so, according to seismic wave measurements – but the behaviour of these waves could also be explained by other shifts at ...