Ice In Space? My wife just found a new kind!!

[andyc]

Not meaning to be too self-promotional, but this is a ridiculously appropriate topic for IIS, and I have to share it...

My wife (of the "get the larger version of the telescope" fame last year) just published a new paper in JGR-Planets. New ice in Space, and the first of it's kind to be found in 100 years!

"A new material for the icy Galilean moons: the structure of sulfuric acid hexahydrate."
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/09/3861711.htm

The research has been picked up by ABC Science and *may* eventually have some implications for future Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer-type missions.

I'm very proud of my wife, even if she'd struggle to find Jupiter in the sky :D

[Kunama]

What a clever girl you married !

[brian nordstrom]

:thumbsup: Woaw ! , super cool Andy , give her our congratulations , real IIS .
Brian.

[pmrid]

Play this right and you can plug for an even bigger scope! "Think how much it would assist your research!" Or "I need to catch up with you!"
Peter

[gary]

Hi Andy,

Wonderful to read about the discovery by your wife and her colleagues at ANSTO
and the Australian Synchrotron and this is precisely the type of story that all IIS
readers love to hear about. :thumbsup:

[PeterM]

Indeed, I love reading this type of story so thank you Andy for the link and a HUGE congrats to your wife.
And now the bigger scope, new mount, camera and country site needed to house it all remotely. Good luck.

[LightningNZ]

That's totally awesome! Congratulations to your wife - that sort of breakthrough doesn't happen every day. :)

Cheers,
Cam

[Manav]

Congrats! You must be proud of her :)

[Stardrifter_WA]

Well done on your wife Andy. A great achievement.

Cheers Pete

[jjjnettie]

:D That's so awesome. :)

[blink138]

wow...... a real significant other half andy ha ha! only joking mate, what a great science story!
pat

[iceman]

Well done!

[multiweb]

Great stuff. :thumbsup:

[naskies]

What a great team you two make! :) :thumbsup:

[gaa_ian]

Thats great news & shows the value of doing this type of research. Well done to your wife !

[ZeroID]

Congratulations to her and well done.
I reckon she's a keeper ...

[Ric]

Fantastic, congratulations to your wife.

[andyc]

Thanks for the comments everyone, Helen was glowing as she read them just now! Sorry for the delay in reply - we're on holiday just now, and I posted this from the airport.

But yeah, she's a keeper :)

[Dennis]

What a lovely newsworthy and topical event to read with one’s morning cuppa!:)

Well done Helen!:thumbsup:

Cheers

Dennis

[Suzy]

Super cool! And congratulations to your wife. :thumbsup:
As Dave said, what a great team you guys make.

[renormalised]

Great stuff :)