INQUIRER.net: Earth’s core is much hotter than thought

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Earth's core is much hotter than thought Apr 25th 2013, 23:21 WASHINGTON—European scientists said Thursday that a new laboratory experiment shows the Earth's core is likely much hotter than last reported 20 years ago.   It's not that the iron core of our planet has warmed, but rather that the technique used to estimate its heat previously was flawed, researchers said in the journal Science.   Newer techniques have allowed experts at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility to determine the temperature near Earth's center to be 6,000 degrees Celsius (10,832 degrees Fahrenheit).   That is about 1,000 degrees C hotter than an experiment conducted by German researchers in 1993.   Researchers are anal... Keep on reading: Earth’s core is much hotter than thought Media files: earth11.jpg (image/jpeg)

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