Okay so this is all based off a factoid of Jupiter I heard recently that the pressure on Jupiter makes the gas it’s comprised of feel like solid rock.
If this is actually the case, wouldn’t such pressure end up turning the elements into their solid states?
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Imagine a big, fluffy pillow. Now, think of that pillow getting squished and squished by something heavy. Even though it’s being squished a lot, it doesn’t turn into a rock.
Gas giants like Jupiter are like giant, fluffy pillows, but they’re getting squished by their own gravity, which is super strong. This squishing makes the gas really, really dense and under lots of pressure, but it doesn’t turn into a solid because it’s made of special gases that can stay as gas even when they’re squeezed a lot. So, Jupiter stays gassy, even under all that pressure!
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