Earth's inner core Archives

Mysterious ‘backtracking’: Why we may soon have longer days

NEW DELHI: New research has confirmed that Earth’s inner core, a moon-sized chunk of solid iron and nickel located over 3,000 miles below the surface, has been spinning unusually slowly …

Earth’s inner core ‘unambiguously’ slowing down, could change day’s length, study finds

by Milton Acorn

NEW DELHI: A new study has provided “unambiguous evidence” that the Earth’s inner core began to slow down its rotation in 2010, compared to the planet’s surface. Researchers said that …