Could diamonds drive Neptune and Uranus' magnetic fields

Could diamonds drive Neptune and Uranus' magnetic fields

Energy Daily

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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 17, 2024

Diamonds could form in the relatively shallow interiors of planets like Neptune and Uranus and travel downward, driving the ice giants' magnetic fields, according to new research from an international team of scientists including Carnegie's Alexander Goncharov and Eric Edmund. Published in Nature Astronomy, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory-led team's findings used the European XFEL

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