The highest point from the Earth's center isn’t Everest, but the peak of a volcano in Ecuador. This episode breaks down the real geometry of our planet and why it matters in space science. More ...

Scientists have uncovered new information about the Earth's core: it may not be completely solid. Instead, its center may be more malleable than expected and has changed shape in recent years ...

A new study from USC scientists reveals Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Earth's inner core is slowing — and shape-shifting — USC study finds - Los Angeles Times ...

Earth’s inner core, a solid metal ball gyrating within the molten outer core, may be both slowing down and changing shape. Recent analyses of earthquake waves have suggested that around 15 years ago, ...

Hidden Planet Scientists discover yet another change to Earth’s inner core: Its shape. Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates.

Earth’s core is transforming, which could affect the length of our 24-hour day, ... The waveforms, or shapes, of some of the seismic signals changed between 2004 and 2008.

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward, Earth’s inner core in changing shape.

The surface of Earth's inner core may be shape-shifting, new research suggests. The study, published Feb. 10 in the journal Nature, looked at earthquake waves that have skimmed the edge of the inner ...

The Earth is an oblate spheroid.That is, a sphere that is not perfect, as it is flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator This shape is the real one for several reasons: the diametral ...

Scientists have uncovered new information about the Earth's core: it may not be completely solid. Instead, its center may be more malleable than expected and has changed shape in recent years ...

The inner core helps generate Earth’s protective magnetic field and is even linked to the length of our days, but scientists ...