Roughly 5,100 kilometres beneath the surface, Earth’s inner core is usually estimated to sit somewhere around 5,000 to 6,000 degrees Celsius, close to the temperature of the Sun’s visible surface. It is also solid. That pairing sounds like a contradiction, and it is worth taking the time to understand why it is not. The short [...] The post Deep beneath our feet, Earth’s inner core is thought to be roughly as hot as the surface of the Sun — around five and a half thousand degrees Celsius — yet the crushing pressure keeps it solid. appeared first on Space Daily .
Deep beneath our feet, Earth’s inner core is thought to be roughly as hot as the surface of the Sun — around five and a half thousand degrees Celsius — yet the crushing pressure keeps it solid.
