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Astronomy

Plate tectonics are not essential to a planets habitability

Heat-producing elements are thought to be a better indication of a planet’s ability to sustain life

Solar System

More evidence arises for existence of Europa’s subsurface ocean

Computer modelling has shown a scenario that accounts for the surface subduction in the Jovian moon’s plate tectonics

News

Garnet planets could be the most habitable worlds in the universe

Astronomers and geoscientists have joined forces using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to find out what makes a rocky planet Earth-like

News

Mercury found to have active plate tectonics

New imagery shows geologic features that indicate the tiny planet is still contracting today, joining Earth as a tectonically active planet in our Solar System

News

“Europa may be more Earth-like than we imagined,” say experts

Researchers have found evidence that Jupiter’s moon Europa could have tectonic plates – just like Earth

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