Subsurface exolife

Manasvi Lingam; Abraham Loeb

doi:10.1017/S1473550418000083

Subsurface exolife

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2018

Manasvi Lingam and

Abraham Loeb

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Manasvi Lingam*: Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Abraham Loeb: Affiliation:
Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
*: Author for correspondence: Manasvi Lingam, E-mail:[email protected]

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We study the prospects for life on planets with subsurface oceans, and find that a wide range of planets can exist in diverse habitats with ice envelopes of moderate thickness. We quantify the energy sources available to these worlds, the rate of production of prebiotic compounds, and assess their potential for hosting biospheres. Life on these planets is likely to face challenges, which could be overcome through a combination of different mechanisms. We estimate the number of such worlds, and find that they may outnumber rocky planets in the habitable zone of stars by a few orders of magnitude.

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Abiogenesis astrobiology biogeochemical cycles biospheres evolutionary transitions habitability panspermia prebiotic chemistry subsurface oceans

Type: Research Article
Information: International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 112 - 141

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550418000083 [Opens in a new window]
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