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Why Earth's inner core doesn't melt despite extreme heat?
short by Gaurav Shroff / on Friday, 17 February, 2017
Sweden-based researchers have proposed a new theory for Earth's crystallised iron core remaining solid despite being hotter than Sun's surface. On the edge of the inner core, pieces of crystals' structure continuously melt and diffuse only to be reinserted due to high pressure like ''shuffling deck of cards''. This energy distribution cycle keeps the crystal stable and the core solid.
read more at KTH Sweden