Tides Tighten the Hycean Habitable Zone

Hycean planets—exoplanets with substantial water ice layers, deep surface oceans, and hydrogen-rich atmospheres—are thought to be favorable environments for life. Due to a relative paucity of atmospheric greenhouse gases, hycean planets have been thought to have wider habitable zones (HZs) than Eart...

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Main Authors: Joseph R. Livesey, Juliette Becker, Susanna L. Widicus Weaver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ade434
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