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New Measurement Method promises Spectacular Insights into the Interior of Planets

High-resolution spectroscopy will enable unique insights into chemistry happening deep inside planets.
Foto: HZDR / U. Lehmann

At the heart of planets, extreme states are to be found: temperatures of thousands of degrees, pressures a million times greater than atmospheric pressure. They can therefore only be explored directly to a limited extent — which is why the expert community is trying to use sophisticated experiments to recreate equivalent extreme conditions...

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