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Uranus and Neptune May Conceal Vast Oceans of Water (www.nytimes.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Not surprising to anyone in planetary science. The chemistry always made it a certainty. The question was always about what phase the water would be in (solid ices, liquid, etc.).

Basically, you can't have a planet with that deep of a gravity well, surrounded in space by icy bodies... And not have had it capture a bunch of it during formation.