Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Subsurface Oceans Could Boost Exoplanet Habitability - Eos

Subsurface Oceans Could Boost Exoplanet Habitability - Eos

A group of researchers led by planetary scientist Lujendra Ojha of Rutgers University crunched the numbers to reveal that our galaxy is likely brimming with planets hosting subsurface oceans like those on Enceladus , Europa , and Ganymede .

"Before we started to consider this subsurface water, it was estimated that around one rocky planet [orbiting] every 100 stars would have liquid water," Ojha said. "The new model shows that if the conditions are right, this could approach one planet per star."

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Publisher: Eos
Date: 2023-08-14T11:58:30 00:00
Author: Javier Barbuzano
Twitter: @AGU_Eos
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