Extreme Pressures Related to the Interiors of Waterworld Exoplanets (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Extreme Pressures Related to the Interiors of Waterworld Exoplanets

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The extreme pressures related to the interiors of waterworld exoplanets, generated by diamond anvils (top), allow silica (pink) to incorporate a large amount of hydrogen (blue spheres) in the crystal structure.

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Image credit: Sang-Heon Shim.

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