Could I land on a gassy planet like Jupiter? | Science Questions
Jun 2, 2015 · Marc - If you ever tried to land on a gassy planet, you would be subjected to pressure beyond anything you can imagine. As you descended below the colourful gas clouds, …
What's at the centre of a gas giant? | Science Questions
May 15, 2018 · Matt - A gas giant is a big gassy planet. If you think of something like Jupiter or Saturn, so instead of what we call the terrestrial or rocky planets like Earth, they’re much …
Is Jupiter made entirely from gas? | Science Questions
Jun 13, 2017 · Caroline - This is a very good question because Jupiter really is giant. It’s got a volume of which is equivalent to 1,300 earths. But the fact that it only weighs just over 300 …
What would happen if one of the "gas giant" planets exploded?
Mar 29, 2010 · What would happen if one of the "gas giant" planets exploded? Hyperthetically, should Jupiter (say) explode and the resulting debris disperse, it would affect the earth's orbit …
How many nukes would it take to blow up Jupiter?
Dec 15, 2023 · The gravitational binding energy of Jupiter is about as much as a hundred billion trillion nuclear bombs. That's a one followed by 23 zeros. Earth is smaller and has weaker …
Why don't Saturn's rings aggregate to form moons?
Aug 12, 2012 · Answer. Dominic - The problem is that the material is so close to Saturn that it feels a very strong tidal force. The moon, we know, induces tides in the Earth's oceans, but …
Is the gas in gas giants highly compressed? | Science Questions
Nov 18, 2012 · Jupiter itself is a really vast planet. It's got about 300 times the mass of Earth and about 10 times the radius of the Earth and most of that volume, most of that mass is a mixture …
Can we use human excrement for fuel? | Science Questions
Oct 9, 2011 · Piers - In Thames Water, we've made energy from poo for many, many decades now and we do it through a process called anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion is a …
Could we use maths to talk to aliens? | Interviews - The Naked …
May 16, 2017 · Very likely aliens would not use base ten numbers. The might use some sort of number base because it’s quite a neat idea for encoding numbers. But we’ve got ten fingers, if …
The Science of the Supernova | Science Features - The Naked …
Nov 21, 2010 · All that remains after the supernova is a core, whose gravitational inward force was strong enough to survive the blast. For a massive star, this remaining core is a black hole. …