Earth’s core is growing ‘lopsided’
Jul 08, 2021
2 minutes
Words by Brandon Specktor
here’s a mystery brewing at the centre of the Earth. Scientists can only see it when they study seismic waves – subterranean tremors generated by earthquakes – passing through the planet’s solid-iron inner core. For some reason, waves move through the core significantly faster when they’re travelling between
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