Christina M Tonauer
@cmtonauer.bsky.social
physical chemist, water and ice chemistry enthusiast, postdoc @desy & uibk and likes music
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-5344
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-5344
Reposted by Christina M Tonauer
Ice V and ice XIII are phases of ice that don't exist on Earth outside the lab, but might be formed under the surface on Ganymede and other icy worlds in the outer solar system, where water ice plays the role silicates do in Earth's mantle. This study shows how we could detect them using infrared. 🧪
Ice can come in weird forms throughout the solar system. We may now be able to spot them from afar.
New research from @cmtonauer.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social; input from Danna Qasim of the Southwest Research Institute; story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/inf...
New research from @cmtonauer.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social; input from Danna Qasim of the Southwest Research Institute; story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/inf...
Infrared Instruments Could Spot Exotic Ice on Other Worlds - Eos
Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.
eos.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ice V and ice XIII are phases of ice that don't exist on Earth outside the lab, but might be formed under the surface on Ganymede and other icy worlds in the outer solar system, where water ice plays the role silicates do in Earth's mantle. This study shows how we could detect them using infrared. 🧪
Reposted by Christina M Tonauer
I spent a lot of time researching ice for this article, which is much weirder than you might know!
Ice can come in weird forms throughout the solar system. We may now be able to spot them from afar.
New research from @cmtonauer.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social; input from Danna Qasim of the Southwest Research Institute; story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/inf...
New research from @cmtonauer.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social; input from Danna Qasim of the Southwest Research Institute; story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/inf...
Infrared Instruments Could Spot Exotic Ice on Other Worlds - Eos
Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.
eos.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I spent a lot of time researching ice for this article, which is much weirder than you might know!
Reposted by Christina M Tonauer
Ice can come in weird forms throughout the solar system. We may now be able to spot them from afar.
New research from @cmtonauer.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social; input from Danna Qasim of the Southwest Research Institute; story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/inf...
New research from @cmtonauer.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social; input from Danna Qasim of the Southwest Research Institute; story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/inf...
Infrared Instruments Could Spot Exotic Ice on Other Worlds - Eos
Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.
eos.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ice can come in weird forms throughout the solar system. We may now be able to spot them from afar.
New research from @cmtonauer.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social; input from Danna Qasim of the Southwest Research Institute; story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/inf...
New research from @cmtonauer.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social; input from Danna Qasim of the Southwest Research Institute; story by @bowlerhatscience.org. eos.org/articles/inf...