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Molten iron in Earth-like exoplanet cores

Youjun Zhang, Jung‐Fu Lin

2022Science12 citationsDOI

Abstract

Iron crystallization in super-Earth interiors plays a key role in their habitability.

Topics & Concepts

ExoplanetAstrobiologyEarth (classical element)PlanetEnvironmental scienceGeologyAstronomyPhysicsAstro and Planetary ScienceHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies