Posts Tagged ‘Neptune’

Today’s physics news: Cheers, Neptune, on your first ‘orbit anniversary’

By Lena | 13 Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments

Cheers, Neptune, on your first ‘orbit anniversary’ The outermost planet has completed its first entire orbit of the sun since its discovery in 1846 New Scientist  

Pounding particles to create Neptune’s water in the lab

By Lena | 22 Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
Pounding particles to create Neptune’s water in the lab

  We know ‘icy’ Neptune is partially comprised of water molecules but until now we have had little means to test how water behaves in the extreme conditions that Neptune presents.   This is about to change as an international group of physicists draw up plans to use the new Facility for Antiprotons and Ion [...]

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