> In the article, it states that our core has temperatures comprable to that of the sun. However, the sun is 93 million miles away while our core seems to only

> In the article, it states that our core has temperatures comprable to that of the sun. However, the sun is 93 million miles away while our core seems to only be approximately 4000 miles deep. I was thinking you were about to ask why in the universe are we not able to measure the temperature of earth core that's only 4000 miles away from us and yet we claim to know the temperature of something that 93 million miles away... :)