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. Permalink Parent 10
Runiat t1_iud7vjw wrote
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.