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Virginia Tech

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The blue path illustrates a core-penetrating seismic wave moving through a region in the outer core, where the seismic speed has increased because a low-density flow has moved into the region. Image courtesy of Ying Zhou.

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Virginia Tech's Ying Zhou.

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