Day: October 22, 2026

Neptune, a blue planet with a large dark storm spot and white streaks of cloud

Out of Shape: Compressed Water Ice Loses Its Cubic Symmetry

October 22, 2026

Squeezed beyond 222 gigapascals between two diamonds, water ice abandons its neat cubic lattice, a complication for models of the water-rich interiors of Uranus and Neptune.

Artist's impression of an edge-on disc of gas and dust in layers around a bright young star

Cosmic Hamburger: ALMA Finds a Sulfur Clue to a Giant Planet in the Making

October 22, 2026

ALMA’s detailed new view of the edge-on cosmic hamburger disc reveals layered gas, lopsided dust and a sulfur arc that may mark a giant planet at its earliest stage.

Day: October 22, 2026

Out of Shape: Compressed Water Ice Loses Its Cubic Symmetry

Cosmic Hamburger: ALMA Finds a Sulfur Clue to a Giant Planet in the Making

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