Heavy iron isotopes leaking from Earth's core
Earth's molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers who analyzed how iron behaves inside our planet.
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2020
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News tagged with molten iron
New study suggests Earth's lower mantle penetrated by metallic blobs
(Phys.org)—Researchers from Yale University have found that molten iron is able to penetrate into rock samples in a unique way under certain conditions. Geophysicist Shun-ichiro Karato and student Kazuhiko Otsuka together ...
Plate tectonics may control reversals in the Earth's magnetic field
The Earth's magnetic field has reversed many times at an irregular rate throughout its history. Long periods without reversal have been interspersed with eras of frequent reversals. What is the reason for these reversals ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2011
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Collisions between asteroids may lead to formation of metal asteroids able to generate and record magnetism: Study
Yale researchers may have solved a longstanding puzzle as to why certain metallic meteorites show traces of a magnetic field—a finding that may shed light on the formation of magnetic dynamos at the core of planets.
Astronomy
Aug 1, 2023
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Geoscientists discover an overlooked source for Earth's water
Where did Earth's global ocean come from? A team of Arizona State University geoscientists led by Peter Buseck, Regents' Professor in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) and School of Molecular Sciences, has ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2018
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How we discovered that the Earth's inner core is older than previously thought
According to recent estimates, the Earth's solid inner core started forming between half a billion and one billion years ago. However, our new measurements of ancient rocks as they cool from magma have indicated that it may ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2015
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Is Earth's core lopsided? Strange goings-on in our planet's interior
For reasons unknown, Earth's solid-iron inner core is growing faster on one side than the other, and it has been ever since it started to freeze out from molten iron more than half a billion years ago, according to a new ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 3, 2021
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Distant world's weather is mixed bag of hot dust and molten rain
Weather patterns in a mysterious world beyond our solar system have been revealed for the first time, a study suggests.
Astronomy
Nov 3, 2015
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Remains of man in armour found at 'Pompeii of Japan'
The remains of a high-caste man wearing armour who was buried by hot ash—possibly as he tried to calm the wrath of an erupting volcano—have been found in an area known as the "Pompeii of Japan".
Archaeology
Dec 18, 2012
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New insights solve 300-year-old problem: The dynamics of the Earth's core
Scientists at the University of Leeds have solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the centre of the earth spins.
Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2013
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