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Scientists are closer than ever to reaching the Earth’s gooey center. 

To accomplish it, they’ll need to penetrate several miles of solid rock at the bottom of the ocean. This month, the project’s purpose-built Japanese drilling ship Chikyu embarks on a practice mission to bore down to a once-unthinkable 12,000 feet into the seabed.

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    How many licks does it take?
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    Coooool I wonder what it’ll be like… Man… I just was wondering about this...diamond planet...
  6. isabowel reblogged this from thedailyfeed and added:
    Chikyu? But the boat says chicken.
  7. ratak-monodosico reblogged this from thedailyfeed and added:
    Scientists are closer than ever to reaching the Earth’s gooey center. To accomplish it, they’ll need to penetrate...
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  11. mannymann reblogged this from thedailyfeed and added:
    Why does this seem like...really bad idea?
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    This has never worked. I doubt it...has been compared
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  16. 7th-swell said: if they reach the mantle is there a possibility that it will ooze out and start fucking up the ocean?
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