Physicists Find New Evidence for Helium “Rain” on Saturn

2016:

Research scientists Marius Adrien Millot (LLNL) and Stephanie Brygoo (CEA-France) are shown displaying a Science Magazine news article on their research at LLE. They used the OMEGA Laser System to demonstrate possible helium “rain” on Saturn to account for the unexpectedly high brightness for a normally cooling planet. The helium “rain,” occurring at pressures and temperatures that can be created using OMEGA, unleashes gravitational potential energy that makes Saturn more luminous. In addition to LLNL and CEA, scientists come from around the world to take advantage of the facilities at LLE.

Shown here is Marius Adrien Millot and Stephanie Brygoo