Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

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Iron is one of the main elements found in the Earth's inner core, which is characterized by extremely high temperatures and ...

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Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.