Scientists at the University of Illinois and Nanjing University in China have discovered that the earth's inner core actually has its own inner core. Originally, the earth was thought to have an inner core and outer core which was solid and liquid, respectively.Although the newly found inner core is very small, it has some very unique features. This new find could give insight on how the earth was formed, its history and other processes that take place in and on the earth.
This finding is not only important to geologists, but to the entire science community. It could potentially help give insight on different events that have occurred within the earth and how it was formed. There had to have been some kind of phenomena that took place within the earth for there to be 2 different inner cores. This helps with rocks that are billions of years old and have strange paleomagnetic signatures on them.
This finding is not only important to geologists, but to the entire science community. It could potentially help give insight on different events that have occurred within the earth and how it was formed. There had to have been some kind of phenomena that took place within the earth for there to be 2 different inner cores. This helps with rocks that are billions of years old and have strange paleomagnetic signatures on them.