Plume Particle Ejecta Can Trace Habitat-forming Gradients in Ocean Worlds: Insights from Planet Earth Geochemistry - Astrobiology

Plume Particle Ejecta Can Trace Habitat-forming Gradients in Ocean Worlds: Insights from Planet Earth Geochemistry - Astrobiology

Upcoming explorations for habitability in the ocean worlds of the solar system can greatly benefit from searching beyond parameters such as water, organics, nitrogen, phosphate, and silicate and being able to detect signs of metal catalysis. As metabolism needs metal clusters and nanoparticles, detecting them, disentangling how they form, and linking them to the functioning […] The post Plume Particle Ejecta Can Trace Habitat-forming Gradients i…