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Rochester laser experiments demonstrate ‘helium rain’ likely falls in the solar system

Rochester laser experiments demonstrate ‘helium rain’ likely falls in the solar system

An international research team, including scientists from the University of Rochester, have validated a nearly 40-year-old prediction and experimentally shown that helium rain is possible inside planets such as Jupiter and Saturn (shown here). (NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute image)