Why isn't the Earth's core a gas?

yohanblake · 2022-05-17T05:38:03+00:00

I don't know if this is really stupid, but why isn't Earth's core a gas considering that its hotter than the temperature at which each of the metals turn into a gas?

Thread '15 Years at PF!'

Hey all. Looks like my 15 year anniversary of joining PF happened yesterday (while my internet was down). Just wanted to say thanks to everyone, staff and non-staff, for helping make PF such a wonderful community over the years. Here's to everyone at PF, current, past, or future. Cheers!

View full post »

Thread 'Happy Pythagorean Day!'

In mm/dd/yy format, 9/16/25 is 32/42/52. In dd/mm/yy, it's 42/32/52, still Pythagorean, but not monotonically sequential.

View full post »

Thread '15 Years at PF!'

Thread 'Happy Pythagorean Day!'

Thread 'Collection of Lame Jokes'

Similar threads

Hot Threads

What do feral children teach us about the development of IQ? (moved to Discussion)

Why do we spend so much time learning grammar in the public school system?

What is the deepest/most impactful statement that you have ever seen?

News Gerard't Hooft Interview

'How Does Your Garden Grow' thread - raised beds

Recent Insights

Insights Quantum Entanglement is a Kinematic Fact, not a Dynamical Effect

Insights What Exactly is Dirac’s Delta Function? - Insight

Insights Relativator (Circular Slide-Rule): Simulated with Desmos - Insight

Insights Fixing Things Which Can Go Wrong With Complex Numbers

Insights Fermat's Last Theorem

Insights Why Vector Spaces Explain The World: A Historical Perspective