A new study offers compelling evidence that Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing down.

The rotation of the Earth's inner core may be reversing, scientists have found in a study that sheds new light on geological processes occurring deep within our planet. The results of the research, ...

Earth’s rotation patterns may have shifted more than a decade ago without any of us noticing. According to a newly published study, researchers have spent the last 60 years examining seismic waves ...

Earth’s core has long been a place of mystery to scientists. The core of our planet sits just over 1,800 miles below the surface and exists as a ball of seething hot metal, specifically iron and ...

In NBC’s science fiction drama La Brea (now streaming on Peacock!), a sinkhole opens up under the La Brea Tar Pits, swallowing a few hundred people along with buildings, vehicles, and whatever else ...

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Research published in the journal Nature Geoscience said Earth's core nearly stopped rotating around 2009, before turning in the opposite direction Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto Earth's core may have slowed its rotation before completely switching directions around more than a decade ago, scientists suggested in a new study. In a report published in ...

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Earth’s rotation is speeding up. This summer, our planet will spin faster than usual, creating the shortest day since records began. Though we cannot sense these changes, they show the forces that ...