Carbon Crystallizing in Atmosphere Uranus

Caption: A simulated snapshot of crystallizing carbon atoms under Uranus-like conditions.

Credit: L. M. Ghiringhelli, C. Valeriani, E. J. Meijer and D. Frenkel, Physical Review Letters

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