Scientists Discovered a Mystery Layer in Earth's Core

About this episode

This episode discusses a recent discovery of an additional layer in Earth's inner core revealed by earthquake studies.

The Earth has three compositional layers: the crust, the mantle and the core. At least this is what we've long been told by geologists. But a recent discovery suggests that our planet has one more layer. Scientists that studies earthquakes found one more layer in the Earth's inner core. Let's take a look at it! #brightside Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• Earth's core
• geology
• scientific discovery
• seismology
• layer of the Earth

Keywords

• Earth's core
• mystery layer
• geologists
• seismic studies
• inner core

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Organizations: TheSoul Publishing

Places: Earth

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