Early Earth (IMAGE)
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The illustration shows a cutaway revealing the interior of early Earth with a hot, melted layer above the boundary between the core and mantle. Scientists think some material from the core leaked into this molten layer and mixed in. Over time, that mixing helped create the uneven structure of Earth’s mantle that we see today.
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Illustration by Yoshinori Miyazaki/Rutgers University
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