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
Tubesock1202 t1_j6pfhs2 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:28 PM #1,691,306 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. 66
MagicMushroomFungi t1_j6pgm06 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:36 PM #1,691,941 Ice V ... four steps away from the apocalyptic Ice 9 that Vonnegut wrote about. 135
yhwhx t1_j6ph6j1 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:39 PM #1,692,271 Jupiter's moon Ganymede is thought to have ice V near its core. 102
Tomato_and_Radiowire t1_j6pimat wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:49 PM #1,693,061 Are you a fan of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard? 68
Tubesock1202 t1_j6pfhs2 wrote
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.