Does Jupiter have a solid core?
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The gas giants have always been a mystery to us. Due their dense and swirling clouds, it is impossible to get a good look inside them and determine their true structure. Given their distance from Earth, it is time-consuming and expensive to send spacecraft to them, making survey missions few and far between. And due to their intense radiation and strong gravity, any mission that attempts to study them has to be do so carefully.
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Steam Worlds: The Mystery of How Gas Giants Form
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Jupiter: Facts
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Jupiter planet interior hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
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e-lizabeth on X: Me: turns off the lights when I leave a room as I ask ChatGPT: “Does Jupiter have a solid core?” for the 10th time / X
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Jupiter - Interior, Core, Gases
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18 Interesting and Fun Facts about Jupiter the Planet - Orbital Today
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Three things Juno will teach us about Jupiter
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Jupiter
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The Planet Jupiter
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What has the Juno spacecraft taught us about Jupiter?