Hidden Subsurface Oceans: Reassessing Habitable Environments Across the Galaxy

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S. Alan Stern contends that many worlds could harbor subsurface oceans beneath ice kept liquid by tidal heating, which would make life in the galaxy more likely while also shielding biosignatures and complicating the search for intelligent life.

Extraterrestrial Life Could Be Hiding in Our Galaxys Interior Ocean Worlds
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Extraterrestrial Life Could Be Hiding in Our Galaxys Interior Ocean Worlds

A new report explores the implications of a galaxy full of star systems in which worlds with oceans below the surface are common.