why there Is metal hydrogen in core of Jupiter And hydrogen fusion in core of Sun

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Sun And solar system start like a cloud of dust Wich comes from old supernova. IT should build on Gravity of heavier stuff like iron, gold, lead, uran,Mercury etc. In the center. Like our planet have high concentration of heavy elements, mostly iron. Should not be the same case with every other planet even more with stars? Instead i read of metal hydrogen in core of Jupiter And fusion of hydrogen in Sun. Should not they be full of heavy stuff And the light stuff float out?

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Metallic hydrogen is hydrogen crushed into the smallest possible volume, hydrogen naturally bonds with another hydrogen atom so you have H2 and if you were to imagine an atomic box 2 linked atoms take up a volume of a 2X2X2 cube, which in theory could contain 8 atoms of hydrogen, but H2 “occupies” all the 8 spaces of the cube. https://youtu.be/b-gCfHXNIVc

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