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Inside Uranus and Neptune Lie Oceans of Magma ⚡ экспресс

Original: "Ice Giants Revisited: Uranus and Neptune as Magma Ocean Worlds"
arXiv:2606.18219 · 2026-06-16 · CC BY · ⏱ 1 min · Exoplanets
Raging hot magma saturated with hydrogen churns inside Uranus and Neptune — not frozen water and methane.
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Uranus and Neptune were always thought of as ice giants. But perhaps a searing ocean of magma saturated with hydrogen sloshes inside them. This makes them similar to distant exoplanets and turns them into a key to understanding thousands of other worlds.

🎯 Inside Uranus and Neptune, hydrogen is compressed into a metallic liquid, explaining their bizarre magnetic fields.

Scientists
Christian DopplerD. B. McLaughlinDidier QuelozMichel MayorR. A. RossiterDavid Charbonneau
Tags
hydrogen exoplanet helium
Laws
Doppler effectKepler's third lawCoulomb's lawKepler's first lawRydberg formulaKepler's second law
Original: arXiv:2606.18219 · CC BY · bridge42worlds