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Science of Earth's Core Indicates an Inner, Inner Core

posted by janrinok on Thursday March 05 2015, @06:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-cores-all-the-way-down dept.

coolgopher writes:

From http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/science-of-earths-core-takes-a-dramatic-twist-20150301-13oz5m.html we have this report:

For the first time, employing a sophisticated earthquake-deciphering technique (thus far only used to illuminate the planet's upper shells), a team of scientists from Illinois University in the US and Nanjing University in China have succeeded in exploring the inner core itself.

Their ground-breaking research supports an earlier prediction that deep within the inner core sits yet another even deeper innermost shell, containing iron crystals aligned in a different direction (north-south rather than east-west for the rest of the core).

 
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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by zaxus on Thursday March 05 2015, @08:19PM

    by zaxus (3455) on Thursday March 05 2015, @08:19PM (#153636)

    It's cores all the way down!

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday March 06 2015, @02:26AM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday March 06 2015, @02:26AM (#153696)

    As long as Hollywood doesn't use the excuse for a remake of the "least scientifically-accurate blockbuster ever".

  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday March 06 2015, @09:57AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 06 2015, @09:57AM (#153784) Journal
    I'm not sure if you missed it - but that is exactly the dept name that I gave it....