Revealing Giant Planet Interiors Beneath the Cloudy Veil

TL;DR

This paper discusses how recent spacecraft data has improved our understanding of gas giant interiors and emphasizes the need for future missions to ice giants to further explore planetary origins.

Contribution

It highlights the importance of spacecraft observations in refining models of giant planet interiors and advocates for missions to Uranus and Neptune.

Findings

Juno and Cassini data have revised models of Jupiter and Saturn's interiors.

Understanding of gas giant atmospheres has significantly advanced.

Future missions are essential to explore ice giants' internal structures.

Abstract

Observations from the Juno and Cassini missions provide essential constraints on the internal structures and compositions of Jupiter and Saturn, resulting in profound revisions of our understanding of the interior and atmospheres of Gas Giant planets. The next step to understand planetary origins in our Solar System requires a mission to their Ice Giant siblings, Uranus and Neptune.