Jupiter may be the biggest planet in the Solar System, but its days are numbered. Because today, we're using Earth's biggest, baddest bombs to blow the gas giant into oblivion. How many nukes would you need to do the job? What obstacles would these rocket-bound bombs encounter on the way? Would one nuclear explosion ignite the entire planet? What are Kirkwood gaps?

Get a free What If Top 10 book when you sign up for our newsletter: https://underknown.com/newsletter/

Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-we-nuked-jupiter/

Questions or concerns? Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/

Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: http://bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join

Check out our other channels:
How to Survive
Aperture
Crazy Creatures
Your Body On
Origins of Food
Versus
WTF Did I Just Watch

Watch more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth
The Cosmos
Technology
Your Body
Humanity

T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifstore

Suggest an episode: http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif

Newsletter: http://bit.ly/whatif-newsletter

What If elsewhere:
Instagram
Discord
Twitter
Facebook
What If in Spanish
What If in Mandarin
Podcast

What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure through time, space and chance while we (hopefully) boil down complex subjects in a fun and entertaining way.

Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: https://underknown.com
Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/