Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...
Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...
One hundred twenty light-years from us, there is an exoplanet that can potentially host life. It’s called K2-18b, and it’s ...
Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...
What: New research suggests Uranus’s moon Ariel once hosted, or may still contain, a deep subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust. Guests: Planetary scientist Dr. Ca ...
New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.
Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...
Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.
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