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 ...

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, ...

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.

Scientists discover yet another change to Earth’s inner core: Its shape. ... “However, there has been an ongoing debate in the deep-Earth-seismology community about which one is real. ...

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 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 are doubtful these shape changes alone will have noticeable effects ...