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Will China's Mengxiang become the first ship to reach Earth’s mantle?
What are the huge mysterious blobs near Earth’s core?
Raining Lava: How Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano eruption is different from the others
Lost tectonic plate Resurrection has been 'found' under the Pacific Ocean
Scientists simulated the Earth’s inner core, found that it might be only 1 billion years old
Earlier studies have set the core at varying ages — from being 4.5 billion years old to a mere 565 million years old.