Remaking a Planet One Atom at a Time
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2020eo145529
Subject(s) - planet , astrobiology , astronomy , liquid water , physics , astrophysics , thermodynamics
When is a planet not a planet? Where does helium rain? How can water be solid and liquid at the same time? For answers, scientists put common planetary materials under extreme pressure and watched what happened next.
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