Earth Inner Core is as Soft as Butter Surprising Information Found in Research Know

Scientists have always believed that our earth’s inner core is like a solid metal shell. But a new research is saying exactly the opposite. A team of scientists has come to know that the inner core of our earth can be very soft i.e. soft like a butter. Some colleagues from Texas University and China have done this together. Scientists believe that the softening of the inner core of the earth can cause hyperactive of atoms. These atoms also move more than our imagination. Scientists say that the study can help to understand why the magnetic field of the earth is so better.

The special thing is that Study Done in the lab. Samples of Earth’s inner core cannot be taken due to very high temperature and pressure. In such a situation, the team of scientists created the pressure like the inner core of the earth in the lab itself. He wanted to know how the iron atoms behave in such a situation.

The data received by the scientists was put in the computer learning program. This helped scientists to understand how the iron atoms move inside a structure. NDTV’s Report According to, the co-author of the study, Jung Fu-Lin, said the result shows that atoms inside the inner core can move more than our thinking. Many atoms also move in the atoms group.

This speed of atoms makes the inner core of our earth less rigid. It explains why the inner core is soft. Scientists found that the center of the Earth is very soft as the inner core is very soft as it is to be kept in our kitchen.

Scientists say that solid iron becomes soft inside the earth, as its atoms grow very high. The new discovery can help to know how it helps the earth to produce magnetic fields.