A jet stream within the Earth’s molten iron core has been discovered by scientists using the latest satellite data that helps create an ‘x-ray’ view of the planet.
Lead researcher Dr Phil Livermore, from the University of Leeds, said: “The European Space Agency’s Swarm satellites are providing our sharpest x-ray image yet of the core. We’ve not only seen this jet stream clearly for the first time, but we understand why it’s there.
To read more: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3961/satellites_help_discover_a_jet_stream_in_the_earths_core
This is quite fascinating news... Thanks for bringing it to my attention!😄😇😄
... Even though 40Km/hour is not quite "jet speed." ;)
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I was reading about this earlier. Pretty interesting! Swirling stream of liquid iron.
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