How does a gas giant stay in gaseous state under so much pressure?

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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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It absolutely does turn solid.
Only the outer layers which aren’t under much pressure are gasseous. The lower layers progressively turn “solid” (not really solid, there’s more states of matter than just the basic 3)

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