"First Contact With Inner Earth": Drillers Strike Magma

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 18:07 in Earth & Climate

For the first time on record, humans have made contact with molten rock in its natural environment deep inside Earth. The breakthrough came as a surprise to drillers deep underground.

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