Rasm653u [He/him] to Space · 3 years agoDo you have a favourite planet?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down164file-text
arrow-up1-50arrow-down1message-squareDo you have a favourite planet?Rasm653u [He/him] to Space · 3 years agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecayde6mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoI am aware that gas giants have rocky cores as well. The idea of liquid oceans of gas is enthralling to me.
minus-squareRedSquidlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoWell, they’re not really ‘liquid gas’ they’re just liquid, for me the metallic bit is the coolest thing. It’s kind of a holy grail of high energy chemistry to recreate that in the lab afaik. But I’m not a chemist so…
I am aware that gas giants have rocky cores as well.
The idea of liquid oceans of gas is enthralling to me.
Well, they’re not really ‘liquid gas’ they’re just liquid, for me the metallic bit is the coolest thing. It’s kind of a holy grail of high energy chemistry to recreate that in the lab afaik. But I’m not a chemist so…