At the center of the planet's core is another core - a 400-mile thick solid metallic ball.
AFAIK the orthodox view is already that the inner core is a solid ball of metal - this doesn't really seem like that big a discovery
They found that crystallised structure within the inner core’s innermost region is likely different from the outer layer
I'm sure this matters somehow to somebody, but this doesn't really feel very significant.
I feel like I remember learning the "theory" that there was another layer, deep in the core, that was probably a big hunk of metal, in high school
Deep in the Earth, there is a core. In the core, there is a :PIGPOOPBALLS:
This is the way the world ends - MineCore's CEO says "Yeah - sure - some naysayers say there are some risks involved. But fortune favors the brave and with our artificial wormhole extraction tech - in theory - we can mine the core at the center of the earth and bring molten riches right to the surface. I'm not getting any younger and I want to be the world's first trillionaire..."
And inside that metal ball at the core is another core with a jurassic world type situation and there's a waterfall and Dwayne The Rock Johnson lives there
I was imagining a giant baby made of molten metal but I also believe you too
That's sad but what kind of clothes should I bring? How hot does it get?
:lathe-of-heaven: Hey US military, I hear it's a core of solid oil!
I've always wondered if there's a little hollow bit at the very center.
There's no gravity there, so it always seemed like a 50/50 to me.
Yes, the gravity adds up to 0 either way. Which means there's no force acting to compress that chunk of the earth, nor is there anything pushing it apart.
Did whichever pile of space rocks that connglomerated into the Earth happen to be solid near the center?
There's no gravity because net acceleration in any direction is equal, but there's also a shitload of force because there's an entire planet surrounding the point that wants to occupy that point. Zero gravity but equal overwhelming pressure.
