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Astrobiology, Extrasolar Planets

“Tidal Venuses” May Have Been Wrung Out To Dry

28 Mar , 2012 by Jason Major

[/caption] Earth-sized exoplanets within a distant star’s habitable zone could still be very much uninhabitable, depending on potential tidal stresses — either past or present — that could have “squeezed out” all the water, leaving behind a bone-dry ball of rock. New research by an international team of scientists suggests that even a moderately eccentric […]

Astrobiology, exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, goldilocks zone, Rory Barnes, tidal, Tidal Venus, University of Washington, Venus

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