In school we're all taught about the gas planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune ?And something we all know is that gas and fire ignite. Boom! Things get bright and loud fast! So, it makes perfect sense that you could light up a whole gas planet with just one match, right? The fire would take off all across the planet and nothing would be left in the end! Buuut, surprisingly, if we got rid of Jupiter in one epic blaze, it'd be bad news for us here on Earth!

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