Wednesday, January 22, 2025

A clue to what lies beneath the surfaces of Uranus and Neptune

The planet's interior has two different layers that don't mix.

The planets- Uranus and Neptune are ice giants of solar system. Till now, it remained uncleared- what lies beneath their thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres.

According to a new study, the planet’s interiors are layered- consisting two different layers that don’t mix like oil and water. Beneath the cloud layers of these planets lies a deep ocean of water, followed by a highly compressed fluid of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen.

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