The Icy Magnets of Uranus and Neptune ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Protonic thermoelectric effect of Superionic H2O and magnetic field generation in Uranus and Neptune"
Temperature differences inside the ice giants turn ordinary ice into a magnetic generator.
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On Uranus and Neptune, ice works like a battery: temperature differences make protons flow, generating magnetic fields. This explains the puzzle of their different strengths and weird shapes.
🎯 Pressure inside Uranus and Neptune is millions of times higher than on Earth, turning water into superionic ice—a substance that is both solid and liquid at once.