A bizarre new state of matter may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune
A bizarre new state of matter may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune 馃嚭馃嚫 Unveiling the Bizarre State Inside Ice Giants Scientists simulating conditions inside Uranus and Neptune stumbled onto something strange. They didn't go in expecting to find a state of matter that defies previous understanding, but that's what they got. So, you've got these crazy high pressures and searing temperatures deep in the guts of these planets. And then, boom — carbon and hydrogen start doing this weird hybrid dance. It's part solid, part fluid, with hydrogen atoms spiraling like they're partying through a stiff grid of carbon. Nobody set out to find this "superionic" phase — it was more like it found them. 馃嚜馃嚫 Descubrimiento dentro de gigantes helados Al simular las condiciones en el interior de Urano y Neptuno, los cient铆ficos tropezaron con algo raro. No buscaban exactamente un estado de la materia que desafiara lo que ya sab铆amos, pero a...