Carbon is one of the essential building blocks of life on Earth, and it—along with hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen—is one of the key elements researchers look for when they search for habitable planets and work to understand how—and why—those planets are formed. But much of the Earth’s core is opaque to humans, who have never accessed it directly, muddling much of our understanding of the planet’s composition. Now, researchers from Florida State University (FSU) and Rice University have applied supercomputing power to provide a more accurate estimate of the carbon contained in the Earth’s outer core.
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