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Yang Sun

1 articles · 5 co-authors · latest: 2026-01-07

The Icy Magnets of Uranus and Neptune

Deep inside Uranus and Neptune, monstrous pressure transforms ice into a substance where an oxygen framework is threaded with flowing protons. Temperature differences within the planet set these protons in motion, generating electric current and a magnetic field. This explains the weird magnetospher
arXiv:2601.03659v2 · 2026-01-07