<p>New research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of Jupiter’s core. Most planetary scientists thought that a colossal collision with an early planet containing half of Jupiter’s core material could have mixed up the central region of the gas giant enough to explain its interior today. But a new<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/a-new-theory-explains-how-jupiters-core-formed/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"A new theory explains how Jupiter’s core formed"</span></a></p>
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New research suggests a giant impact may not have been responsible for the formation of Jupiter’s core. Most planetary scientists thought that a colossal collision with an early planet containing half of Jupiter’s core material could have mixed up the central region of the gas giant enough to explain its interior today. But a newContinue reading “A new theory explains how Jupiter’s core formed”
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