Zap! Laser Blasts Shed Light on Cores of Alien Planets

Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 14:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Using laser blasts, scientists have recreated the extreme temperatures and pressures found inside "super-Earth" exoplanets as well as in icy giants such as Neptune and Uranus, shedding light on what the interiors of these exotic worlds are like.

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