Deep beneath our feet, the Earth’s core is a world of extreme heat and pressure. It is made of molten metals like iron, gold, and platinum. The temperature can reach up to 6,000 degrees Celsius.

The different temperatures of these two structures, compared to their surrounding regions, impact how heat dissipates from Earth's core, which in turn affects the convection in the core that ...

the LLVPs affect how heat leaves the Earth's core. "Heat extraction from the core will occur primarily where the overlying mantle is colder," Koelemeijer told Newsweek. "The LLVP are thus the ...

Physicists suggest a new explanation for the interesting properties of the Earth's inner core. Credit: NASA / Getty Images According to a new "holy grail" scientific discovery, the blazing-hot ...

The work was done by Haruki Takezawa and Kei Hirose at the University of Tokyo and colleagues, who suggest that Earth’s core could host a vast reservoir of primordial helium-3 – reshaping our ...

Its loss from magma suggests that the planet has a deep reservoir of primordial helium, and the new compounds suggest that Earth’s iron-rich core could hold some of that helium. But the team ...

producing enough energy and heat to vaporize any water or melt any rock that may be present. Gravity also helps separate heavy elements from lighter ones. Iron sinks to form Earth's core ...

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.