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Scientists melted a diamond and cracked a secret of ice giants
Wickboldt/LLNL 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.
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Scientists recreated the conditions thought to produce diamond rain inside ice giants by melting a diamond in the laboratory, reproducing the high‑pressure, high‑temperature environment of Neptune and Uranus interiors. This experiment confirms long‑standing theories that carbon can crystallize into diamonds under those extreme conditions. By mimicking the planetary process, researchers have provided direct evidence for the mechanism behind the hypothesized diamond precipitation in the deep layers of ice giants.
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