A planetary body may have smashed into Jupiter, creating its weird core
The theory tested in computer simulations could help explain why Jupiter’s interior defies logic

WRECKING BALL A planetary body about 10 times as massive as Earth may have smashed into Jupiter billions of years ago, creating the oddly diffuse core seen in the gas giant today.
Astrobiology Center, Japan
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