How Hot Is Hell?

Ever wondered how hot does it need to be to become "hotter than hell"? Most of the religious readings suggest that hell is extremely hot. But exactly how hot is it?

To figure out the exact temperature of hell, we first need to be sure about where is hell actually located. Many religions trace hell deep underground. Undoubtedly, hell has to be located at the same distance from each and every city, town, state and country. So to make it fair, consider hell to be located at the center of Earth, the planet's blistering iron core.

Scientists have not yet measured the temperature of Earth's inner core directly, but the closest estimates put it somewhere between 9,000 and 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit which is around 5,000 to 6,000 degrees Celsius. That is hot enough to melt the iron-alloy ball, the core, under normal circumstances. However, the core, which is nearly equal to one-third the size of the center moon, remains solid as the constant weight of rest of Earth keeps pressing down on it.

This assumption of hell is way hotter than the hot springs that reach a meager average of 143 degrees F (62 degrees Celcius), as reported by the National Park Service. But it is not as fiery as Jupiter's core that reaches a temperature of approximately 43,000 degrees F (23,000 degrees Celcius), according to NASA reports.

The center of Earth is so hot due to two facts. First, all radioactive materials inside the Earth generate heat while decaying. Second, there is a lot of leftover heat from the planet's formation. When the particles and elements that created Earth had come together, they had picked up kinetic energy. When all the material combined and came to rest to form the proto-Earth, the energy had to be conserved anyhow. So that huge amount of kinetic energy transformed into heat energy, which is still being radiated slowly.

The amount of heat being emitted from Earth's primordial and radioactive energy is 46 terawatts. To put that figure into perspective, in the year 2008, the whole world had utilized about 16.5 terawatts of power, including 3.3 terawatts of power used by the United States, according to Climate Central.

By 2025, researchers aim to determine how much energy is left inside the Earth. When all this energy will finally be exhausted, it will become "dead" like the moon.