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Earth's inner core: Nobody knows exactly what it's made of, but now we've started to uncover the truth

The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...

What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth

Normal gases, like the air you breathe on Earth, are made up of atoms bouncing around. Atoms consist of a positively charged bundle of particles called the nucleus and negatively charged particles ...

Earth’s inner core: nobody knows exactly what it’s made of – now we’ve started to uncover the truth

The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the ...