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 ...

Material deep inside Earth — thousands of kilometres down, near the planet’s core — has undergone a mysterious shift. Is ...

Scientists revealed Wednesday that Mars’ innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth’s. The ...

New simulations show carbon enabled Earth’s inner core to solidify under realistic cooling, solving the nucleation paradox.

A simple core of pure iron and nickel couldn’t account for the observed properties. The Martian core must be rich in “light ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new ...

Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth’s. Results from Nasa’s Insight mission suggest that the red planet has a solid inner core surrounded by a liquid outer ...

Scientists peering into the very heart of the planet Mars have found a deeply unexpected structure. There, at the innermost ...

Astronomers have discovered an extrasolar planet with the largest core of any known planet. The discovery is especially exciting to planet formation theorists, because it provides extremely strong ...