Hydrothermal vents on seafloors of ‘ocean worlds’ could support life, new study says
https://news.ucsc.edu/2024/06/ocean-worlds.html
How Radioactivite Elements May Make Planets Suitable or Hostile to Life
What makes a planet suitable to life? Some researchers think that focusing on a planet’s distance from its sun — the “habitable zone” — is too narrow. A new hypothesis looks at how radioactive elements may be an important factor for life to emerge.
WARNING: Too Much Radiogenic Heat Could Hurt Exoplanet Habitability
https://astrobites.org/2020/11/17/radiogenic-heat-hurts-dynamos/
Stellar Smashups May Fuel Planetary Habitability, Study Suggests
Radioactive elements produced by colliding neutron stars could make the difference between living and lifeless worlds.
Radioactive elements may be crucial to the habitability of rocky planets
Earth-size planets can have varying amounts of radioactive elements, which generate internal heat that drives a planet’s geological activity and magnetism
Astrobiology Initiative Team Members Honored with Awards and Distinctions
Several of our esteemed Astrobiology Initiative team members received awards and distinctions recently. Honors included: