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Why can't we drill a hole to the centre of the Earth?

Boring machine in Channel Tunnel — Journey to the centre of the Earth: what’s stopping us? Photograph: SSPL via Getty Images

Apart from the cost, what are the limitations to digging a hole to the centre of the Earth?

J Brian Harrison-Jennings, Huddersfield

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