Scientists Discover the Hidden Ingredient That Helped Form Earth’s Inner Core

Scientists found that carbon enabled Earth’s core to solidify. Without it, the inner core may not exist. A team of scientists from the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has uncovered new evidence about the chemistry of Earth’s core by identifying how it was able to crystallize millions of years ago. [...]

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