Why We Want to Find Plate Tectonics in Space

It’s not easy to find active plate tectonics on other worlds, but doing so may bring us one step closer to finding a planet that can support life. SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abe400 https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2707 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012825220303445 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987115300062 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/lithosphere/article/4/4/286/145626/Structural-analysis-of-the-Valles-Marineris-fault https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2814 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-marsquake-detected-on-red-planet1/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-020-0606-1 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/725/1/L43 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987117301135 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103517308035 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2017.0409 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/524012 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/725/1/L43 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa5b4/pdf https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.10282 https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2014.1204 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016JE005089 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/mantle-convection Images https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Planets_everywhere_(artist%E2%80%99s_impression).jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/scenic-air-shot-of-calbuco-volcano-erupting-gm472312286-64072035 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/tectonically-active-planet-mercury https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cultivating-a-planetary-garden-how-long-does-it-take https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10931 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13635 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/illustration-of-trappist-1-planets-as-of-feb-2018 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-glimpse-of-a-rocky-exoplanets-surface https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanic_spreading.svg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20250 Thumbnail Credit Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center


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