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Scientists melted a diamond and cracked a secret of ice giants - Phys.org

Some of the strangest weather in the solar system doesn't happen on Earth or even in Jupiter's Great Red Spot—it happens in the interiors of ice giants like Neptune and Uranus. Specifically, scientists have long believed that, at certain pressures and tempera…

Some of the strangest weather in the solar system doesn't happen on Earth or even in Jupiter's Great Red Spotit happens in the interiors of ice giants like Neptune and Uranus. Specifically, scientist… [+5782 chars]

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Scientists melted a diamond and cracked a secret of ice giants - Phys.org

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