The Earth's Inner-Inner Core (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

The Earth's Inner-Inner Core

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A research team from the University of Illinois and colleagues in China found earth's inner core has an inner core of its own, with crystals aligned in a different direction.

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