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Juno mission data suggests that Jupiter actually contains Matryoshka doll-style nested copies of every other planet in the Solar System.

https://explainxkcd.com/3083/

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[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

And these are the leading theories. Now let's see the crackpot ones!

[–] don@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

Regular planet pretending to be a gas giant to avoid attention

Spectacular fail.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

What happened to the ice cream ball with a chocolate core hypothesis? I think it looks like it could be a huge ball of Viennetta.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The Algebraist spoilers

SpoilerA hidden artificial wormhole