TIL: Ocean world exoplanets can have oceans so deep that the pressure creates a liquid mantle of exotic forms of ice, such as ice V en.wikipedia.org Submitted by SovietPropagandist t3_10qds7u on January 31, 2023 at 11:19 PM in todayilearned 4 comments 745
MagicMushroomFungi t1_j6pgm06 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:36 PM Ice V ... four steps away from the apocalyptic Ice 9 that Vonnegut wrote about. Permalink 135
yhwhx t1_j6ph6j1 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:39 PM Jupiter's moon Ganymede is thought to have ice V near its core. Permalink 102
Tomato_and_Radiowire t1_j6pimat wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:49 PM Are you a fan of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard? Permalink 68
Tubesock1202 t1_j6pfhs2 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:28 PM Similarly (and closer to home), it's believed that deep in the bowels of Jupiter the pressure is so immense that there is an ocean of liquid-metallic hydrogen. Permalink 66
MagicMushroomFungi t1_j6pgm06 wrote
Ice V ... four steps away from the apocalyptic Ice 9 that Vonnegut wrote about.