claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square259linkfedilinkarrow-up1210
arrow-up1210message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square259linkfedilink
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 days agoActually, 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.
minus-squareLumisal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoI assumed the hydrogen had become condensed into a crystal solid? Or at least, that’s the current theory
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.
I assumed the hydrogen had become condensed into a crystal solid? Or at least, that’s the current theory