Editor’s note: Atolls are formed in several ways when a rocky feature becomes surrounded by a coral reefs sea levels change, and the rocky structure then erodes – while the […]
Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
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Ice Planet Update: Digital Twin Of RRS Discovery Shows How Antarctic Research Began
A project led by the University of Southampton has created a ‘digital twin’ of RRS Discovery – the pioneering research vessel that first took explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest […]
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Gliese 12 b: Earth Twin or Evil Twin
The discovery of a planet similar to Venus around a star in the neighborhood of the Solar System raises hopes that astronomers may someday unlock the secret to why life […]
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Prebiotic Chemistry: New Probe Reveals Water-ice Microstructures
Ice is believed to have played a crucial role in the emergence of life. One reason is that organic molecules can be excluded into the gaps between the crystal lattice […]
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JWST Sheds Light On The Structure Of Interstellar Water Ice
Using the JWST, a team of researchers including Paola Caselli, Barbara Michela Giuliano and Basile Husquinet from MPE, have probed deep into dense cloud cores, revealing details of interstellar ice […]
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Simulations Show How Low Gravity On Ocean Worlds Might Help To Sustain Warm Water Circulation For Millions Of Years
A new study led by team members at UC Santa Cruz have used a complex computer model to investigate how the influence of low gravity, as found on ocean worlds […]
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Water Evolution and Inventories of Super-Earths Orbiting Late M-Dwarfs
Super-Earths orbiting M-dwarf stars may be the most common habitable planets in the Universe. However, their habitability is threatened by intense irradiation from their host stars, which drives the escape […]
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Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vents At Depths Of 3,000 Meters Off Svalbard
Hydrothermal vents are seeps on the sea floor from which hot liquids escape. “Water penetrates into the ocean floor where it is heated by magma. The overheated water then rises […]
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Earth’s Atmosphere: A Transport Medium Or An Active Microbial Ecosystem?
The atmosphere may be Earth’s largest microbial ecosystem. It is connected to all of Earth’s surface ecosystems and plays an important role in microbial dispersal on local to global scales. […]
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Sustaining Hydrothermal Circulation With Gravity Relevant to Ocean Worlds
Some ocean worlds may sustain active, seafloor hydrothermal systems, but the characteristics and controls on fluid-heat transport in these systems are not well understood.