04-04-2019, 02:05 AM
Super-Earths may have a problem: their mantles may reach nearly to the surface, preventing plate tectonics and thus Earth-like environments.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...ic-rarity/
Original paper:
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2019/pdf/1315.pdf
https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...ic-rarity/
Original paper:
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2019/pdf/1315.pdf
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
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"Everbody's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, oh, suddenly you've gone too far." -- Professor Farnsworth, Futurama
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"Everbody's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain, but when you put it in the body of a great white shark, oh, suddenly you've gone too far." -- Professor Farnsworth, Futurama