A new way to study how elements mix deep inside giant planets
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 06:50
in Astronomy & Space
There are giants among us—gas and ice giants to be specific. They orbit the same star, but their environmental conditions and chemical makeup are wildly different from those of Earth. These enormous planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus—can be seen as natural laboratories for the physics of matter at extreme temperatures and pressures.