Radioactive elements may be crucial to the habitability of rocky planets

ScienceDaily
Nov 10, 2020, 3:11 pm119 pts
The amount of long-lived radioactive elements incorporated into a rocky planet as it forms may be a crucial factor in determining its future habitability. That's because internal heating from the radioactive decay of the heavy elements thorium and uranium drives plate tectonics and may be necessary for the…

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