University of Southern California scientists have proven that the Earth's inner core is backtracking—slowing down—in relation to the planet's surface, as shown in new research published in Nature.

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This appears to be the case, to a rather stunning extent, in the instance of the reporting this week around new findings that researchers say shows the rotation of Earth’s inner core is slowing ...

Currently, the rotation between the inner and outer cores is becoming less distinct. When researchers say “reverse,” they mean the inner core is rotating slightly slower than the outer core, Brown ...

A single rotation of our planet takes 24 hours ... which matches observations by astronomers and satellites. Earth’s inner core has been slowing down for 14 years. It comes just weeks after ...

A new study suggests Earth's inner core may be backtracking, following a 70-year cycle of speeding up and slowing down, ...

Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth's inner core — a solid ball of iron and nickel that plays a crucial role in shaping the conditions we experience on the ...

One of the key questions plaguing Earth scientists this past ... getting some unusual data about the inner core's behavior — data that suggests its rotation is going a little haywire.

Deep within Earth 's fiery belly, beneath layers of molten rock, a peculiar jig is underway. Our planet's inner core, a solid iron ball bigger than Pluto, isn't just spinning – it's doing a ...

Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth’s inner core — a solid ball of iron and nickel that plays a crucial role in shaping the conditions we experience on the surface ...