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Runiat t1_iud7vjw wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:20 PM

Reply to comment by Marlsfarp in Eli5 Are the outer planets really only made up of gas? by DivergentKing38

>it eventually compresses to liquid and solid.

Note: in Jupiter's case, it compresses to a hypercritical fluid and then various solids we've been trying to recreate using diamond anvils and explosives.