The new research could help us better understand our planet's thermal and magnetic fields. For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core …
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New Study Reveals Earth's Inner Core Is Shifting, Not Static
For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet that sits some 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) below the surface. However, researchers from the University of Southern Carolina (USC) now say they discovered — almost by accident — that the Earth's inner core may be much more malleable.
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