Earth's inner core may have stopped spinning – but what does that mean?
New Atlas - Tue 24 Jan 23The inner Earth is a mysterious place, and now scientists may have uncovered a strange new secret. According to a new study, the Earth’s inner core may have recently stopped rotating, relative ...
Earth's inner core may have started spinning other way: Study
Phys.org - Tue 24 Jan 23Far below our feet, a giant may have started moving against us.
Earth's inner core rotation may have paused and possibly reversed
Interesting Engineering - Tue 24 Jan 23The ...
Earth’s inner core may have started to spin in opposite direction, puzzling new discovery suggests
The Independent - Tue 24 Jan 23This isn’t the first time it has happened, scientists say
Earth’s Core Has Stopped and May Be Reversing Direction, Study Says
Vice - Mon 23 Jan 23Earth’s inner core has recently stopped spinning, and may now be reversing the direction of its rotation, according to a surprising new study that probed the deepest reaches of our planet ...
Earth's inner core may have stopped spinning — study
Inverse - Mon 23 Jan 23Mysteries still abound for scientists studying the Earth’s climate, biosphere, surface topography, and even the oceans, but they all have a distinct advantage: the subjects of their inquiries ...
Earth’s Inner Core Paused, Then Reversed Its Spin. This Is Fine.
New York Times - Mon 23 Jan 23Researchers proposed a model with a 70-year rotation cycle of our planet’s iron heart, and report that we’re in the middle of one of its big shifts.
Earth’s core may have paused and might even be reversing, says new study
Cosmos Magazine - Mon 23 Jan 23New research from a team in Beijing has suggested that Earth’s inner core might be doing the planet equivalent of ‘a 180’. According to decades worth of seismic activity, the inner core ...
Earthquakes suggest Earth's core has started spinning more slowly
Newscientist - Mon 23 Jan 23Measurements of seismic waves travelling through Earth’s inner core indicate that its rotation may be slowing, switching its direction relative to the rest of the planet’s spin
Has Earth’s inner core stopped its strange spin?
Nature News - Mon 23 Jan 23Nature, Published online: 23 January 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-00167-1Earthquake data hint that the inner core stopped rotating faster than the rest of the planet in 2009, ...
Earth’s inner core may be reversing its rotation
ScienceNews - Mon 23 Jan 23Our planet may have had a recent change of heart. Earth’s inner core may have temporarily stopped rotating relative to the mantle and surface, researchers report in the January 23 ...
What Would Happen if the Earth Stopped Spinning?
Interesting Engineering - Fri 20 Jan 23We might not feel it, but our humble pale blue home in the solar system has been rotating ...
Earth's inner core may be slowing down compared to the rest of the planet
SPACE.com - Wed 25 Jan 23The spinning, solid inner core of the Earth may be slowing down by a minuscule amount, according to evidence from earthquakes. ...
The Spin of Earth's Inner Core May Be Changing, Scientists Say
Smithsonian Magazine - Wed 25 Jan 23A new study finds our planet's iron center shifts between spinning slightly faster and slightly slower than the surface—but not all experts agree
No, Earth’s Inner Core Is Not Reversing The Direction Of Its Spin
Forbes - Wed 25 Jan 23Science is hard. Writing about science can be hard too, although it’s almost never as hard as doing actual science. And yet we science writers tend to get the science wrong a lot.
Earth's inner core may have stopped turning and could go into reverse, study suggests
CNN - Wed 25 Jan 23 How has Earth's core stayed as hot as the sun's surface for billions of years? , SPACE.com - Tue 24 Jan 23Earth’s inner core is slowing down, Earth.com - Tue 24 Jan 23
Earth's Inner Core May Have Paused or Reversed Over a 70-year Period, Study Suggests, Techtimes - Thu 26 Jan 23
How Has The Inside Of The Earth Stayed As Hot As The Sun’s Surface For Billions Of Years?, IFLScience - Wed 25 Jan 23
Earth's Inner Core Could Be Reversing Its Direction, Slowing Down, The Science Times - Mon 23 Jan 23
Earth's Inner Core May Have Started Rotating in the Opposite Direction, Newsweek - Mon 23 Jan 23
Earth's Spinning Inner Core Recently Paused Then Flipped Its Direction, IFLScience - Mon 23 Jan 23
Foucault Pendulum: Here's the 171-Year Old Invention that Proves the Earth Rotates and Spins, Techtimes - Sun 22 Jan 23
Fiji-Vanuatu Split Linked to Samoan Seamounts, Mirage News - Tue 24 Jan 23
Earth's inner core is slowing down — and the length of a day may change as a result
Salon - Wed 25 Jan 23Earth's inner core has slowed down — or perhaps even stopped. Here's what this means for life on the surface
The Earth’s inner core could be slowing its spin—but don’t panic
Popular Science - Tue 24 Jan 23The planet's innermost core has a rhythm of its own. NASA In elementary school science class, we learned that the Earth has three main layers: the crust, mantle, and the ...
Earth's inner core might be reversing its spin
Techspot - Mon 23 Jan 23A new study suggests that the Earth's inner core recently stopped spinning and is changing its direction. The changing spin may be behind slight fluctuations in the length of a day from year ...
The Earth’s inner core may be reversing its rotation
ZME Science - Mon 23 Jan 23A change in the bowels of the Earth.
NASA Says Earth Has An Evil Cosmic Twin And Her Name Is Venus
HotHardware - Mon 23 Jan 23Venus is often referred to as Earth's evil twin and NASA asked one of its scientists why that is. While the answer as to why Venus is thought of as Earth's twin may be better known, what makes ...
Rotation of Earth's inner core could be reversing and lengthening days, study reveals
Daily Mail - Mon 23 Jan 23Calculations made by a team from Peking University in China reveal that the Earth's inner core may have slowed down, or even reversed, in the last 14 years, altering the length of a day.
The Rotation of Earth’s Inner Core Might Be Reversing
The Daily Beast - Mon 23 Jan 23GettyIn 2003, Hollywood released a disaster movie dubbed The Core in which the Earth’s core inexplicably stops rotating—threatening to destroy all life as we know it due to the collapsing ...
Earth's Inner Core May Right Now Be in The Process of Changing Direction
ScienceAlert - Mon 23 Jan 23And you didn't even notice.
Sun Will Eventually Expand To Some 300 Times Its Current Size, Says Study
Forbes - Mon 23 Jan 23New survey of giant stars reveals details about the Sun’s own likely endgame as an expanding red giant.
Drilling to the Mantle: 6 unexpected discoveries from the world’s deepest well
ZME Science - Fri 20 Jan 23In 2015, on the frigid day of December 16, a drilling rig on a ship parked above a seemingly random spot in the Indian Ocean. But the spot wasn’t random, and the mission wasn’t a ...
Is Earth’s core spinning backward?
Fastcompany Tech - Thu 26 Jan 23A new study out of Peking University asks whether the ground beneath our feet has shifted. Three thousand, one hundred miles below the soil of the Earth, through thick layers of solid granite ...
Strange twist: Earth's inner core may be changing its spin direction
Astronomy.com - Thu 26 Jan 23A new study says Earth’s inner core is spinning at a slower rate, but what does this actually mean?
Earth’s inner core may have started to spin in the opposite
Newslanes - Wed 25 Jan 23The Earth’s inner core — the solid ball of iron some 3,100 miles below our feet — has stopped turning with the rest of the planet and may have even started to spin in the opposite direction, ...
Earth's inner core may have started spinning the other way, study says
CBSNews - Tue 24 Jan 23Exactly how the inner core rotates has been a matter of debate between scientists — and the latest research is expected to prove controversial.
How has Earth's core stayed as hot as the Sun's surface for billions of years?
Astronomy.com - Mon 23 Jan 23You would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching Earth’s core — and the 10,000-degree Fahrenheit temperature there would vaporize you anyway.
Earth’s Inner Core May Right Now Be in The Process of Changing
Newslanes - Mon 23 Jan 23Few of us give much thought to Earth’s swirling, spinning contents until some sudden movement, an earthquake or a volcanic eruption, jolts us to our senses. Geoscientists, though, are ...
Earth's Inner Core May Have Started Spinning Other Way, Study Says
Voice of America - Mon 23 Jan 23Far below our feet, a giant may have started moving against us. Earth's inner core, a hot iron ball the size of Pluto, has stopped spinning in the same direction as the rest of the planet ...
Earth's inner core rotating slower than surface, study suggests
The Hindu - Wed 25 Jan 23Exactly how the inner core rotates has been a matter of debate between scientists— and the latest research is expected to prove controversial.
Study: Changes in Rotation of Earth’s Inner Core Occur on Decadal Scale
Sci.News - Tue 24 Jan 23The rotation of the Earth’s inner core may have recently paused and could be reversing, according to new research by geoscientists from Peking University. The post Study: Changes in Rotation ...
Explorer of deep Earth wins Vetlesen Prize
Scienmag - Tue 24 Jan 23Most geologic processes on the Earth’s surface—the rise of mountain ranges, opening of ocean basins, eruption of volcanoes, shaking of earthquakes—have their origins far below, in the ...
Explorer of deep Earth wins Vetlesen Prize, Eurekalert - Tue 24 Jan 23