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Laser experiments lend insight into metal core at heart of Earth

Geology Page - July 6, 2018

Found: Surviving evidence of Earth’s formative years

Iron Melt Network Helped Grow Earth’s Core, Study Suggests

Indirect study of Earth’s core

Inside the target chamber at the University of Rochester's Omega Facility, a team of researchers including Princeton University's Thomas Duffy and June Wicks use lasers to compress iron-silicon samples to the ultrahigh pressures found in the cores of super-Earths.

Ultrahigh-pressure laser experiments shed light on super-Earth cores

Earth's crust, mantle and outer core interactions.

New insight into Earth’s crust, mantle and outer core interactions

Geology Page - June 5, 2018

Earth's Layers

Challenging core belief: Have we misunderstood how Earth’s solid center formed?

Geology Page - February 8, 2018

New Kind of Metal in the Deep Earth

Geology Page - December 21, 2011

Research lends new view of the Earth’s core

Geology Page - September 23, 2015

New theory explains how Earth’s inner core remains solid despite extreme...

Geology Page - February 14, 2017

New research from The University of Texas at Austin adds evidence to a theory that claims the metallic cores

Trickle-down is the solution (to the planetary core formation problem)

Geology Page - December 5, 2017

The days are getting longer: Rotation of Earth’s core holds a...

Geology Page - December 12, 2015

Earth’s inner core was formed 1-1.5 billion years ago

Geology Page - October 7, 2015

Earth’s Iron Core Is Surprisingly Weak

Geology Page - May 20, 2013

Most of Earth’s carbon may be hidden in the planet’s inner...

Geology Page - December 2, 2014

‘Quartz’ crystals at Earth’s core power its magnetic field

Geology Page - February 22, 2017

Inside the target chamber at the University of Rochester's Omega Facility, a team of researchers including Princeton University's Thomas Duffy and June Wicks use lasers to compress iron-silicon samples to the ultrahigh pressures found in the cores of super-Earths.

Ultrahigh-pressure laser experiments shed light on super-Earth cores

Geology Page - April 28, 2018

How we discovered that the Earth’s inner core is older than...

Geology Page - October 10, 2015

Geochemical detectives use lab mimicry to look back in time

Geology Page - April 29, 2016

Study sheds new light on earth’s evolution

Geology Page - October 4, 2017

New Cores from Glacier in Eastern European Alps May Yield New...

Geology Page - January 12, 2012

Iron Melt Network Helped Grow Earth’s Core, Study Suggests

Geology Page - October 8, 2013

Earth’s Core Deprived of Oxygen

Geology Page - November 28, 2011

Heat from earth’s core could be underlying force in plate tectonics

Geology Page - January 18, 2017

New research shows Earth’s core contains 90 percent of Earth’s sulfur

Geology Page - June 17, 2015

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Artists impression of white dwarf star (on right) showing dust disc, and surrounding planetary bodies.

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