The simple answer is,
theoretically, yes
. First, let us ignore friction, the rotation of the earth, and other complications, and focus on the case of a hole or tunnel entering the earth at one point, going straight through its center, and coming back to the surface at the opposite side of the planet.
Is it possible to travel to the edge of the universe?
As far as we can tell,
there is no edge to the universe
. Space spreads out infinitely in all directions. Furthermore, galaxies fill all of the space through-out the entire infinite universe.
How deep can you travel into the Earth?
In fact even today, the furthest we’ve drilled into the Earth is
around 12km
, while the distance to the centre is over 500 times further, at 6,370km.
Why we can’t go to the Centre of the Earth?
We cannot go to the centre of the earth, since
the temperature and pressure increase enormously as we go deeper inside the earth
. Also, no technology has been invented yet to travel deep into the earth.
What would happen if you drilled to the Center of the Earth?
Without air, there would be no air resistance. You would therefore
accelerate to incredible speeds as you fall
, reaching a maximum speed on the order of tens of thousands of kilometers per hour . You reach earth’s center in a matter of minutes or hours instead of weeks.
Can you dig a hole to China?
What is the deepest man has gone into the Earth?
In terms of depth below the surface, the Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 retains the world record at
12,262 meters (40,230 ft)
reached in 1989 and is still the deepest artificial point on Earth.
Can you dig a hole to the center of the Earth?
Why is the Earth’s core so hot?
There are three main sources of heat in the deep earth: (1) heat from when the planet formed and accreted, which has not yet been lost; (2) frictional heating, caused by denser core material sinking to the center of the planet; and (3) heat from the decay of radioactive elements.
Can a wormhole exist?
Einstein’s theory of general relativity mathematically predicts the existence of wormholes, but
none have been discovered to date
. A negative mass wormhole might be spotted by the way its gravity affects light that passes by.
How far have we Travelled in space?
The record for the farthest distance that humans have traveled goes to the all-American crew of famous Apollo 13 who were
400,171 kilometers (248,655 miles)
away from Earth on April 14, 1970.
Where does space end?
It extends
about 20 miles (32 kilometers) above the Earth
. Floating around the atmosphere is a mixture of molecules – tiny bits of air so small you take in billions of them every time you breathe.
Is there a sun in the center of the Earth?
The Sun is not at the centre of the Earth’s orbit
.
What’s Center of the Earth?
What is
the core
? At the center of planet Earth lies its ultra-hot and dense core that lies 1,802 miles (2,900 kilometers) below Earth’s surface, according to National Geographic. The core is made up of two parts and is almost completely composed of metals, namely iron and nickel.
How hot is the Centre of the Earth?
In new research, scientists studying what the conditions at the core should be like found that the center of the Earth is way hotter than we thought—around 1,800 degrees hotter, putting the temperature at a staggering
10,800 degrees Fahrenheit
.
What would happen if the Earth was cut in half?
As the Earth is methodically sliced in half,
its mantle and core would be exposed to the vacuum of space, causing massive earthquakes that would be felt everywhere on the planet
. At this point, the death toll would already be in the millions.
What does Earth have that the moon doesn’t have?
The earth has about 70 percent of water on its crust. It also has an abundance of oxygen thanks to its multilayered atmosphere made of several gasses. The moon neither has
oxygen nor water
. It weak atmosphere does not support the formation of oxygen.
What would happen if you drilled a hole through the Earth and dropped a stone?
It would go up a ways, then (due to the pull of gravity) fall back in the other direction, back towards the center
. This back and forth oscillation around either side of the middle point of the earth continues for a while. Eventually it stops, because all the while there’s air that slows down the motion of the stone.
Where is the deepest hole in the world?
As far as we know, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is the world’s deepest artificial hole drilled in the Earth. It is located
near the Russian border with Norway, on the Kola Peninsula
.
What happens if you fall through the Earth?
How deep does the ocean go down?
The average depth of the ocean is about
3,688 meters (12,100 feet)
. The deepest part of the ocean is called the Challenger Deep and is located beneath the western Pacific Ocean in the southern end of the Mariana Trench, which runs several hundred kilometers southwest of the U.S. territorial island of Guam.
What would happen if we drilled into the mantle?
No. Even if engineers were to drill directly into a reservoir of molten magma,
a volcanic eruption would be extremely unlikely
. For one thing, drill holes are too narrow to transmit the explosive force of a volcanic eruption.
How do we know what’s inside the Earth?
So scientists rely on
seismic waves
—shock waves generated by earthquakes and explosions that travel through Earth and across its surface—to reveal the structure of the interior of the planet.
What would happen if the Earth stopped rotating?
At the Equator, the earth’s rotational motion is at its fastest, about a thousand miles an hour. If that motion suddenly stopped,
the momentum would send things flying eastward. Moving rocks and oceans would trigger earthquakes and tsunamis. The still-moving atmosphere would scour landscapes.
Is the earths core cooling?
Simply put: The Earth’s core, which
scientists say has been cooling for the past 4.5 billion years of its existence
, is cooling more quickly than previously expected.
Can you fall through the Earth?
The simple answer is,
theoretically, yes
. First, let us ignore friction, the rotation of the earth, and other complications, and focus on the case of a hole or tunnel entering the earth at one point, going straight through its center, and coming back to the surface at the opposite side of the planet.
