Helium Rains Inside Saturn, Jupiter And Other Jovian Planets, Research Suggests
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 20:42
in Physics & Chemistry
Models of how Saturn and Jupiter formed may soon take on a different look. By determining the properties of hydrogen-helium mixtures at the millions of atmospheres of pressure present in the interior of Saturn and Jupiter, physicists have determined the temperature at a given pressure when helium becomes insoluble in dense metallic hydrogen.