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Space
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Paul Sutter

Saturn may have 'failed' as a gas giant

An illustration of Saturn with the sun visible in the far distance.

Saturn is truly massive — nearly 100 times beefier than Earth. Despite its impressive size, the ringed planet is a distant second to Jupiter, which is nearly three times more massive. 

In light of this, one astrophysicist suggests that we shouldn't consider Saturn a proper gas giant but rather a planet that tried, but tragically failed, to achieve greatness.

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