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The Strange Behavior of Water Under High Pressure Reveals the Secrets of Planets Like Neptune

Understanding these atypical states has become crucial to modeling the deep layers of giant planets such as Neptune and Uranus, where this form of water could dominate. Researchers from Lawrence Liverpool National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Rochester have shown a superionic state of water, both partially solid and conductive, in regimes similar to those of icy planets.
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At the heart of giant planets like Uranus and Neptune, water has amazing properties, in a state called superionic. Superionic water only manifests itself under extreme conditions.

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Understanding these atypical states has become crucial to modeling the deep layers of giant planets such as Neptune and Uranus, where this form of water could dominate. Researchers from Lawrence Liverpool National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Rochester have shown a superionic state of water, both partially solid and conductive, in regimes similar to those of icy planets.

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news in on Friday, January 30, 2026.
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