It's getting hot in here: Earth's core is 1,000 degrees warmer than experts thought

The Earth's inner core is hotter than experts previously suspected -- by a whopping 1,000 degrees. In fact, new research suggests, the center of our planet might be around the same temperature as the sun. In a study published in Science, a team out of the French research agency CEA simulated the dynamics occurring at the center of the Earth. Our planet's core is comprised of crystalline iron, surrounded by a layer of extremely hot liquid. For decades, experts have sought to determine how that ir...