• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Actually, Jupiter doesn’t have a solid core the way you think! The gases just get so dense at the core that it starts to behave like a solid. You couldn’t, like, blow away all the clouds and have some rock to wander around on.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      I assumed the hydrogen had become condensed into a crystal solid? Or at least, that’s the current theory