Skip to main content

This link is exclusively for students and staff members within this organisation.

Unauthorised use will lead to account termination.

Next

Understanding Feynman diagrams

Earth’s water and Neptune’s magnetic fields

The role of minerals in the solar system

Oliver Maz explores new ideas about the physics of planetary interiors, and how these are leading to novel explanations of some properties of our solar system

The Pacific Ocean from space
© NASA

The terms in bold link to topics in the AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and CCEA A-level specifications, as well as the IB, Pre-U and SQA exam specifications.

New computer simulations provide information about planetary interiors, including different isotopes and the presence of ions and electric currents, based on information about pressures and temperatures. This has led to new theories about the origin of Earth’s oceans, and Neptune’s magnetic field.

Your organisation does not have access to this article.

Sign up today to give your students the edge they need to achieve their best grades with subject expertise

Subscribe

Next

Understanding Feynman diagrams

Related articles: