with all that pressure building up inside the earth, i think it could explode into a billion pieces at anytime.
2007-09-15 06:46:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Pressures are noted in escaping gases or volcanic lava or when such things as water geysers erupt. But planetary mass tends to stay together by gravitational forces. These are the underlying forces which cause the original formation of stars and planets out of a nebula gas. Even when collisions of large bodies of matter occur, the tendency is to reform and rejoin into a mass. Explosions of bodies can occur as is noted in a supernova. However, this is more of an ejection of the outer layers of the star, not the star actually exploding. There are no internal causes or reactions which would cause a planet to explode. The formation of a planetary body is a stable process involving heavier elements to form towards the interior and lighter elements to form at the outer areas. Pressure forces are very small when compared to gravitational forces.
2007-09-15 07:15:15 · answer #1 · answered by Troasa 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Earth is a planet the Sun is a star. They say the sun is a fairly young star so you got time. The Earth might still explode but probably not on its own. People come up with some really dumb ideas sometimes and well who knows what they will end up doing someday. If the Earth explodes it will in fact be the end of the world. Though if the guys in Spain are right we might go though a Braneworld shift first and that will end the World first and completely change our universe.
2016-05-20 03:03:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well now hold on there Wayne...anytime is a bit of an exaggeration...sometime would be more accurate!
The earth will indeed explode at some point, though the cause is far more likely to be some external event rather than an internal pressure.
It's like Woody Allen not doing his homework because the universe was expanding...as his Mother said...'What's that got to do with you!!!!!!
2007-09-15 06:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I dont think it will explode but it could shrivel and shrink like the planet Mercury,due to global warming.
2007-09-18 09:36:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
volcanoes releave the pressure from time to time. even when the geo-thermo energy of the earth was twice waht it is now 4.5 billion years ago, gravity held it all together
2007-09-15 06:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by darkpheonix262 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because that pressure gets released so it doesn't get to build up really
2007-09-15 07:35:15 · answer #6 · answered by nurgle69 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're probably right. A meteor impact is more likely.
2007-09-15 07:37:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
100% no
2007-09-15 07:00:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think so. Volcanic eruptions may happen that is all.
2007-09-15 06:50:21 · answer #9 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope i dont think so
2007-09-15 06:54:37 · answer #10 · answered by gigglewiggles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋