{"id":130362,"date":"2024-11-26T18:23:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T11:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130362"},"modified":"2024-11-26T18:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T11:23:11","slug":"there-may-be-5000-miles-deep-oceans-on-uranus-and-neptune-scientist-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130362","title":{"rendered":"There May Be 5,000 Miles Deep Oceans On Uranus And Neptune, Scientist Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-0\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Is there water beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune? <\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>getty<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ask anyone what their favorite planet in the solar system is besides Earth, and very few will say Uranus or Neptune. The ice giants in the outer solar system are rather dull-looking. Earlier this year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/01\/04\/neptune-is-not-blue-new-study-reveals-eighth-planets-true-color-has-been-hidden-for-decades\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/01\/04\/neptune-is-not-blue-new-study-reveals-eighth-planets-true-color-has-been-hidden-for-decades\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/01\/04\/neptune-is-not-blue-new-study-reveals-eighth-planets-true-color-has-been-hidden-for-decades\/\" aria-label=\"revelation\" rel=\"noopener\">revelation<\/a> that their surfaces are a similar shade of greenish blue hasn&#8217;t done much to move them up the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>However, a new theory about what\u2019s inside the seventh and eighth planets from the sun threatens to make it a little more interesting, not least because it involves water \u2014 and a lot of it.<\/p>\n<p>Since gas giants like Uranus and Neptune are the most commonly found planets in the broader Milky Way, the discovery could have massive relevance for the search for life.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-4 link-embed--long-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/01\/04\/neptune-is-not-blue-new-study-reveals-eighth-planets-true-color-has-been-hidden-for-decades\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Neptune Is Not Blue: New Study Reveals Eighth Planet\u2019s True Color Has Been Hidden For Decades\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/01\/04\/neptune-is-not-blue-new-study-reveals-eighth-planets-true-color-has-been-hidden-for-decades\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Neptune Is Not Blue: New Study Reveals Eighth Planet\u2019s True Color Has Been Hidden For Decades<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/659801e24cc42a9c8d387eab\/960x0.jpg);\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><strong>Deep Ocean<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Published this week in <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em>, a new study relying on computer simulations proposes that inside Uranus and Neptune \u2014 far below their thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres \u2014 are layers of material that, like oil and water, don&#8217;t mix.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Over the years, planetary scientists have suggested that the ice giants contain diamond rain within them. The new theory suggests that instead, a deep ocean of water lies just below layers of clouds in the hydrogen-helium atmosphere. Below the water, goes the theory, is a layer of hydrocarbons \u2014 a highly compressed fluid of carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen. The layers are about 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) thick.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Little Mixing<\/h2>\n<p>According to computer simulations, the two layers exist separately because the temperatures and pressures of the planets&#8217; interiors squeeze hydrogen out of the methane and ammonia. This implies that there is little mixing of particles in a thick layer of the planet&#8217;s deep interiors, as there is on Earth, so no global dipolar magnetic field exists. Earth&#8217;s dipole field is created by its liquid outer iron core.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a critical theory because it may explain why the ice giants have disorganized and distinctly un-Earth-like magnetic fields. This is a key finding of NASA&#8217;s Voyager 2 probe when it conducted flybys of Uranus and Neptune in 1986 and 1989, respectively. No spacecraft has visited since.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/22\/two-iconic-nasa-spacecraft-just-gazed-at-uranus---heres-what-they-saw\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Two Iconic NASA Spacecraft Just Gazed At Uranus \u2014 Here\u2019s What They Saw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/22\/two-iconic-nasa-spacecraft-just-gazed-at-uranus---heres-what-they-saw\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Two Iconic NASA Spacecraft Just Gazed At Uranus \u2014 Here\u2019s What They Saw<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/615b0eb9b8c542963579c049\/960x0.jpg);\"\/><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><strong>Machine Learning<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe now have, I would say, a good theory why Uranus and Neptune have different fields, and it&#8217;s very different from Earth, Jupiter and Saturn,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/militzer.berkeley.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"http:\/\/militzer.berkeley.edu\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:http:\/\/militzer.berkeley.edu\/\" aria-label=\"Burkhard Militzer\">Burkhard Militzer<\/a>, a professor of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley. \u201c&#8221;We didn&#8217;t know this before. It&#8217;s like oil and water, except the oil goes below because hydrogen is lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Militzer developed the new theory thanks to advances in machine learning that allowed him to run a computer model that simulates the behavior of 540 atoms as they are heated and compressed. \u201cOne day, I looked at the model, and the water had separated from the carbon and nitrogen. What I couldn&#8217;t do 10 years ago was now happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, the gravity fields produced by his model matched those measured by Voyager 2 nearly 40 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/11\/12\/bizarre-moon-around-uranus-could-suddenly-host-life---what-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u2018Bizarre\u2019 Moon Around Uranus Could Suddenly Host Life \u2014 What To Know\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/11\/12\/bizarre-moon-around-uranus-could-suddenly-host-life---what-to-know\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">\u2018Bizarre\u2019 Moon Around Uranus Could Suddenly Host Life \u2014 What To Know<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/6723cdac07799fdf76b49984\/960x0.jpg);\"\/><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><strong>NASA Mission?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A NASA mission to Uranus, proposed in a paper <a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/abfe12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/abfe12\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/abfe12\" aria-label=\"published\">published<\/a> in 2021, could confirm the new theory. The flagship mission would send a Uranus orbiter to study the planet. However, a Doppler imager onboard would be needed to measure the planet&#8217;s vibrations because a layered planet would vibrate at different frequencies, according to Militzere.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason for NASA to visit Uranus is to explore the five most significant of its 27 moons, which may be ocean worlds. A study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/11\/12\/bizarre-moon-around-uranus-could-suddenly-host-life---what-to-know\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/11\/12\/bizarre-moon-around-uranus-could-suddenly-host-life---what-to-know\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/11\/12\/bizarre-moon-around-uranus-could-suddenly-host-life---what-to-know\/\" aria-label=\"published\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> earlier this month that reevaluated images from Voyager 2 suggested that its moon, Miranda, may have an ocean below its icy crust. If that&#8217;s true, Miranda has the potential for life alongside other ocean worlds in the solar system, such as Europa at Jupiter and Enceladus at Saturn.<\/p>\n<p>However, any mission to Uranus must leave Earth by 2034 to take advantage of a rare planetary alignment of Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. A gravity-assist \u201cslingshot\u201d around Jupiter would shorten the journey to Uranus to just 11 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/11\/25\/there-may-be-deep-oceans-on-uranus-and-neptune-scientists-say\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there water beneath the thick, bluish, hydrogen-and-helium atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune? getty Ask anyone what their favorite planet in the solar system is besides Earth, and very few &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130362\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}