Is it possible to land on a gas planet such as Jupiter?

The current thinking is that gas giants such as Jupiter and Neptune have metallic cores at some point within their mass. Rather than landing, Earth probes could reach a certain depth within the Jovian atmosphere and hover there. As others have pointed out, crushing pressures would dictate how deep our devices could go. read more

So it makes sense to think that a gas planet must be like a big, airy cloud floating out in space. But take another look at Jupiter and Saturn—or pictures of them. Notice how round they are. read more

Jupiter, the biggest planet of our solar system is a gas giant along with neptune and urenus. Jupiter is called a gas planet because its atmosphere is densely filled with gases. The atmosphere contains 90% hydrogen and 10% helium with small traces of other gases. It is really astounishing that there is no solid surface to stand in jupiter. read more