What’s at the Core of a Gas Giant Planet?

A Gas Giant Planet is one which doesn’t have a solid surface like Earth, and it is a whole lot larger than our home planet. A good example from our Solar System would be the planet Jupiter. As far as size is concerned Jupiter is nearly 300 times as big as Earth. However the planet has no firm ground as far as the scientists can tell.

As there are so many gases swirling around in the upper regions of the atmosphere, it is nearly impossible for the scientists to see through to the core to determine what exists at the center of the planet. There have been theories put forth that due to the high pressure that must exist at the center of the gas giants such as Jupiter and Saturn, the core must be a rocky one.

However there are others who argue that the center of a gas giant is likely to have a core of molten metal. The metallic core would have been required for the planet to form initially and now that the gases have been collected, the sore would have become molten due to the pressure. All viable science theories, but there is no true validated answer to this mystery as yet.