CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists revealed Wednesday that Mars’ innermost core appears to be a solid hunk of metal just like Earth’s. The Chinese-led research team based their findings on seismic ...

A color-enhanced view of Mercury produced by using images from color base map imaging, showing the chemical, mineralogical, and physical differences between the rocks that make up Mercury’s surface.

Scientists have long known that Earth and Mercury have metallic cores. Like Earth, Mercury's outer core is composed of liquid metal, but there have only been hints that Mercury's innermost core is ...

Seismic waves passing through the Earth have revealed that the inner core of our planet is now rotating out-of-sync with the layers above it. Update: As reported below, research from January 2023 ...

New research from NASA's InSight lander, which recorded over 1,300 Marsquakes between 2018 and 2022, suggests Mars possesses a solid inner core, approximately 600 kilometers in radius, surrounded by a ...