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Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds

Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds

New work suggests that the radiolytic splitting of water supports giant subsurface ecosystems of life on Earth — and could do it elsewhere, too. The post Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds first appeared on Quanta Magazine

The Quanta Podcast

August 19, 202123m 38s

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New work suggests that the radiolytic splitting of water supports giant subsurface ecosystems of life on Earth — and could do it elsewhere, too.

The post Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds first appeared on Quanta Magazine