Eli5 – Why is it so difficult to dig to the Earth’s core?

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The most central part of the Earth’s interior would require drilling approximately which is 6,370 kilometers (20,898,950 ft)

The deepest drilling ever conducted in world history is only 12 kilometers (39370,1 ft)

Why is so hard and and is the effort worth it? Or we only will find more rocks ?

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Extremely absurd amounts of pressure, the deeper you go. You have the collecting weight of all that dirt and rock trying to collapse in on the hole. Then, as you go even deeper, it becomes fluid and moves, and then becomes extremely hot as well, which will melt the equipment.

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