Bizarre news story of the day: Jupiter apparently ‘eats’ other planets
Good thing it’s 742 million kilometres from us, eh?
www.timeout.com
Excerpt;
The paper suggests that Jupiter has the remains of other planets hidden inside it. While the theory that Jupiter was born out of other planets has been around for a while, a clearer picture was revealed after the planet’s infamous gases temporarily parted and Nasa’s Juno space probe was able to get some data about its core.
That data was able to give scientists a better idea of what Jupiter looks like under its massive gas clouds. Apparently the chemical make-up of the planet’s core indicates that Jupiter likely swallowed up lots of small planets (called planetesimals) and space rocks to boost its own growth.
Which makes you pretty glad that Earth is a solid 742 million kilometres from Jupiter, eh? If you’re interested in learning more about the scientists’ findings, you can read the full article here.
