• Question: is it possible to get to the earths core without dying?

    Asked by shanboo143 to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 23 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Iain Bethune

      Iain Bethune answered on 23 Jun 2015:


      Not at present – we would need some pretty tough shielding! The Earth’s core is at a temperature of about 6500C and a pressure of 6000GPa (that’s 60 million times atmospheric pressure!). Not a pleasant place to be…

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