University of Hawaii: Earth's Inner Core May Contain Both Soft and Hard Iron
October 09, 2021
October 09, 2021
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
3,200 miles beneath Earth's surface lies the inner core, a ball-shaped mass of mostly iron that is responsible for Earth's magnetic field. According to NASA, this field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. In the 1950's, researchers suggested the inner core was solid, in contrast to the liquid metal region . . .
3,200 miles beneath Earth's surface lies the inner core, a ball-shaped mass of mostly iron that is responsible for Earth's magnetic field. According to NASA, this field acts like a protective shield around the planet, repelling and trapping charged particles from the Sun. In the 1950's, researchers suggested the inner core was solid, in contrast to the liquid metal region . . .