Dec 16, 2019
Mercury’s Volcanic Activity – or Lack of it – Could Help Us Find Other Earth-like Worlds
If you wanted to narrow down the search for Earth-like worlds in a vast universe, how might you go about it? According to Paul Byrne, planetary geologist at NC State, looking for evidence of volcanic activity is a good start. While the technology we have right now can’t tell if volcanic activity is happening on distant…