I was reading an article on the discovery of salty ice that may be present on exoplanets. The head scientist prefaced the discovery saying ““It’s rare nowadays to have fundamental discoveries in science”. I know she is basically saying that big science discoveries aren’t made anymore. All of the major discoveries have been made already. But that doesn’t feel right. Is she correct?
Here is the article for all those interested.
https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/02/21/newly-discovered-form-of-salty-ice-could-exist-on-surface-of-extraterrestrial-moons/
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She isn’t necessarily saying that big scientific discoveries aren’t being made. She’s saying scientific discoveries that are new and contradict decades or even centuries of established science aren’t as common – a lot of what we discover is built upon what we already know or think we know in one field or another.
In this study they discovered water and salt interacting in a way we never really thought possible – this has the potential to change how we view chemical and physical processes at a very basic level when before we thought we knew most of ehat there was to know about salt and water.
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