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Hannah Loss

What would happen if you drilled all the way through Earth?

Mine, tunnel front, silhouette of a standing worker.

Earth's many layers are hidden from view. But what if we could drill through the center of the planet to the other side? What extreme forces and temperatures would we encounter deep within the planet?

Even though drilling through Earth remains science fiction, scientists have some ideas about what might occur based on experience from other drilling projects.

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