The Earth's inner core is hotter than experts previously suspected — by a whopping 1,000 degrees. In fact, new research suggests, the center of our planet might be around the same temperature as the sun.
In a study published in Science , a team out of the French research agency CEA simulated the dynamics occurring at the center of the Earth. Our planet's core is comprised of crystalline iron, surrounded by a layer of extremely hot liquid. For decades, experts have sought to determine how that iron was impacted by both immense amounts of pressure and this hot outer layer.
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