Why are gas giants round? | Ask MIT

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Why are gas giants round? | Ask MIT

Julia asks, "How come our gas giants stay in a sphere, instead of the gas just floating around everywhere in space?" Find out from Dr. Anna Frebel, a professor of astrophysics at MIT!
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