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NASA's Psyche mission may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior
8-22-2023 |
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Prof Jim Bell takes a look at the first ever spacecraft to journey to a metallic asteroid and what it could teach us.
The Earth's core stopped spinning and may now be in reverse
1-24-2023 | 7
An intriguing geological phenomenon at the center of our planet could help to explain a number of long-standing mysteries.
Searing hot diamond-cored extrasolar world is a veritable 'hell planet'
12-12-2022 | 5
Situated 40 light-years away, this hellish terrestrial world is like nothing found in our own solar system.
Geological 'secret passage' found beneath the Earth
12-19-2021 | 4
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown opening situated 62 miles beneath the planet's surface.
Mars rover collects first sample return core
9-6-2021 | 1
Perseverance has made history by collecting and storing the first core sample that will one day return to Earth.
Earth's inner core is growing 'lopsided'
7-29-2021 | 5
The inner core of our planet is growing more on one side than on the other - so why isn't it tipping over ?
Huge, blinking star spotted near galactic core
6-11-2021 | 8
The star, which is 100 times the size of the Sun, underwent an extended period of anomalous dimming.
Couple spots 'bus-sized' creature in Loch Ness
9-26-2020 | 119
Corey Sturrock and his wife had been out for a walk when they spotted something very large in the water.
Sediment cores shine light on Antarctic forests
4-4-2020 | 21
It might be a freezing wasteland today, but in the past Antarctica was covered in lush swamps and forests.
'Strange objects' spotted at the galactic core
1-16-2020 | 7
Scientists have discovered a new type of object that is so weird that it has been assigned a whole new class.
Doomed planets 'call out' across the cosmos
8-11-2019 | 1
Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
Can a DNA test determine your life expectancy ?
1-17-2019 | 6
Scientists in Edinburgh have developed a DNA risk score system to predict how long a person might live.
Is there an iron throne in the Great Pyramid?
1-17-2018 | 5
Professor Giulio Magli believes that the pyramid may be home to a throne carved from the core of a meteorite.
Extended weightlessness causes 'space fever'
1-7-2018 | 1
Astronauts who spend a lot of time in space are at risk of experiencing a rise in core body temperature.
Molten iron 'jet stream' found in Earth's core
12-21-2016 | 6
Scientists have discovered a flow of liquid iron in the planet's core 3000km beneath the surface.
Earth's core formed over a billion years ago
10-10-2015 | 4
Scientists have revealed new findings about the Pluto-sized ball of iron at the center of our planet.
$5 trillion asteroid to pass us by on Sunday
VIDEO 7-17-2015 | 24
A nearby asteroid loaded with a platinum core is thought to be worth an unfathomable amount of money.
Earth's inner core has its own inner core
2-10-2015 | 24
Scientists have discovered that there is another core nestled deep within the inner core of our planet.
World's biggest laser crushes diamond
7-18-2014 | 6
A giant laser has been used to simulate the pressures present within the cores of the gas giant planets.
Earth's core is as hot as the Sun's surface
4-27-2013 | 32
New studies in to the temperature at the Earth's core have revealed it to be much hotter than thought.
