Is There Another World In The Depths Of The Earth? Here's What Science Says

Being intrigued about the cosmos is fine but have you ever wondered about what lies beneath the surface of our planet? Scientific and religious views differ regarding the existence of the underworld. Many of us have grown up listening to legends and myths regarding the underworld, which ancient scriptures say to be thousands of kilometres beneath the Earth’s surface. They go by different names in different religions, in Hinduism it is called Paatal Lok, in Islam, it is called Jahannam and the ancient Greeks called it Tartarus ruled by the God of the underworld Hades.

However, modern science has not found evidence of any underworld existing deep down near the Earth’s core. According to scientists, there are many layers inside the Earth, which include the crust, mantle and core. The crust is the outermost layer, the mantle is in the middle and the core is the innermost. Scientists have found that the mantle contains fluids and magma, which causes volcanic eruptions. Some scientists believe that there may also be some solid regions in the mantle, which may be comparable to the abode of Hades.

According to a report published in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a team of international scientists has discovered two underworlds in the depths of the Earth. They were formed 4.5 billion years ago. It is at a depth of 2900 kilometres under the Earth’s mantle. In the epic Ramayana, the distance of the underworld is stated to be 1000 yojanas, which is approximately 12,800 kilometres.

The Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3, dug in 1989 at 12.262 kilometres (7.61 miles), is the deepest intentionally created hole on Earth. The Soviet Union drilled a borehole as far into the Earth’s crust as it could, and it is situated in the Pechengsky District of Russia, close to the Norwegian border. According to tabloids, experts at the drilling site lowered a microphone because they heard odd noises emanating from the borehole. It seems to have detected some terrifying noises that were recorded and identified as originating from “hell”. According to YouTube videos, the sounds like people screaming in pain have repeated the purported idea.

The majority of contemporary scientists, however, have refuted the idea of any underworld and said that the sounds thought to have been discovered at Earth’s lowest point are only an urban legend spread to create buzz around the borehole.