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The core, which is made up of molten iron, generates electrical currents.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
Recent research, however, has proposed a promising answer: the molten Martian core likely generated a magnetic field that only covered the Red Planet’s southern hemisphere.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
And in this painting, the marbled feel of the satellites lends a kind of molten ferocity—this was a race, after all.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
But, possibly because Mars is only about half the size of Earth, its molten core cooled and solidified.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
Recent research, however, has proposed a promising answer: the molten Martian core likely generated a magnetic field that only covered the Red Planet’s southern hemisphere.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
And in this painting, the marbled feel of the satellites lends a kind of molten ferocity—this was a race, after all.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
But, possibly because Mars is only about half the size of Earth, its molten core cooled and solidified.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/molten. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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molten
adjective
mol·ten
ˈmōlt-ᵊn 
: melted especially by very great heat
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