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Newly discovered salty ice could exist on surface of extraterrestrial moons
- smolder 4y agoAll moons are extraterrestrial.
- yieldcrv 4y agoextrajoviastrial
- TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 4y agoThese moons are terrestrial. https://mooncars.wordpress.com/car-photos/ https://mooncars.wordpress.com/car-photos/
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoterrestrial, adjective: on or relating to the earth. (emphasis mine)
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- smolder 4y agoExtraterrestrial, adjective: Originating, located, or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere. (Emphasis mine.)
- MichaelZuo 4y agoA neat feature for HN would be a built in dictionary tool that would allow users to select their intended meaning for ambiguous words. Especially since the demographic is prone to being literal.
- jimmySixDOF 4y agoHigh pressure novel ice structure was also the subject of a BBC Science in Action [1] earlier this month and I can only assume this is the same thing but from what I gathered the high pressure friction was more important to the formula than the salt but very interesting podcast session and from the best regular science show they have. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct36b9 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct36b9
- jimmySixDOF 4y agoTurns out this is a completely different novel ice structure also discovered this month and expected to exist on other moons in our solar system. Who would have suspected extraterrestrial cold water to be such a fertile area of science.