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Are all gas giants made of helium and hydrogen?

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Are all gas giants made of helium and hydrogen?

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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours ago

We know that Jupiter and Saturn are made mostly of helium and hydrogen, but is this true for other systems and their gas giants too?

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There appears to be quite some debate between several competing theories.

Apparently MOND can explain that cluster with ‘only’ additional cold hydrogen.

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