The mantle is a hot, dense, rocky layer between the Earth’s crust and its core. In a lab experiment, the researchers showed that molten iron can deeply penetrate single crystals of magnesium iron ...

Local magnetic moments in iron and nickel at ambient and Earth’s core conditions. Nature Communications , 2017; 8: 16062 DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS16062 Cite This Page : ...

It features an enormous space rock that collided with our planet about 4.5 billion years ago, exploding into a maelstrom of molten iron—which may account for iron oxide and other heavy metal ...

A flowing ocean of molten iron at the Earth's core is responsible for the planet's constantly-changing magnetic field. ESA/AOES Medialab. 2 / 2.

Earth's inner core is a solid ball of mostly iron and nickel.Measuring about 1,520 miles (2,440 kilometers), this inner core spins inside the outer core, an ocean of molten iron and nickel about ...

A band of molten iron is churning slowly deep inside Earth, much in the same way as a jet stream, a new study finds. Scientists discovered the so-called molten jet stream while analyzing data from ...

In 2026, NASA's Psyche mission will arrive at 16 Psyche, one of the solar system's most massive asteroids. The asteroid's sheen suggests that it could be a piece of an early planet's iron-nickel ...

A huge rare earth magnet. Iron heated up to 5000°F. You'd think sparks would fly. ... The molten iron doesn't react to the magnet—it's only when the iron has cooled that anything seems to happen.

New experiments have shown that the core of Mars formed much faster than Earth's core, thanks to molten iron and nickel sulfides seeping down through solid rock and into the center of the Red Planet.

Beneath the mantle is a liquid iron outer core and solid iron inner core. Because Earth and Mars are both rocky planets, ... made primarily of molten iron that might contain traces of other elements.

Earth's inner core is a solid ball of mostly iron and nickel. Measuring about 1,520 miles (2,440 kilometers), this inner core spins inside the outer core, an ocean of molten iron and nickel about ...

Data from satellites has revealed that a band of molten iron within Earth's core is moving at a rate of about 25 miles per year. ... Molten 'Jet Stream' Discovered Deep Inside Earth.