Tag: core formation
December 4, 2017
Trickle-down is the solution (to the planetary core formation problem)
Scientists have long pondered how rocky bodies in the solar system — including our own Earth — got their metal cores. According to research conducted…
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Experiments Call Origin of Earth’s Iron into Question
New research from The University of Texas at Austin reveals that the Earth’s unique iron composition isn’t linked to the formation of the planet’s core,…
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