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At extreme pressures and temperatures, water transforms into superionic ice—a unique state that is solid yet conducts electricity like a liquid. This exotic material is believed to influence the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune and may be the most common form of water in the solar system. However, new high-precision experiments reveal that its atomic structure is far messier than previously thought, consisting of multiple crystal patterns rather than a single clean arrangement. This discovery significantly reshapes scientific models of icy planets, both within our solar system and potentially on exoplanets.
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